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AnonTechie writes:
"I have the following requests to members of this new forum:
1) Please use SI Units wherever possible. Alternative comparative units such as swimming pools, size of Florida, cars, libraries of congress, etc are also welcome ...
2) Please cover tech/science related stories from around the world. Please do not make this a US only website !!
Cheers and best wishes,
AnonTechie"
[ED Note: We as a community welcome submissions from around the world, as befits our international userbase. The Editorial team in particular is looking closely at including voices from outside the U.S. as we continue to grow. As for the units question in particular, stories will certainly arrive with a variety of units depending on the origin of the submission. We encourage, though do not require, submitters to include conversions where appropriate for clarity out of courtesy to your fellow readers. Though we try to use a light touch when making edits to story submissions, Editors may add these from time to time as well, should clarity demand and time permit.
Soylentils, does the current ad-hoc approach meet your needs, or do you favor a more formal approach from your news discussion site?]
(Score: 3, Funny) by Nuke on Monday February 24 2014, @04:23PM
No, that's an area. The length units, in the UK at least, are the length of a London bus, the length of electric cable used in the average house, the distance from London to Manchester, the circumference of the Earth, and the distance to the Moon and back, depending on context. These larger units are deliberately not integer multiples of smaller ones because that would be confusing. They are also separate from height units, which are Nelson's Column, Eiffel Tower etc.