Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:53:40 +0000 (GMT) | From | James Sutherland <> | Subject | Re: Better battery info/status files |
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Russell King wrote:
> Albert D. Cahalan writes: > > The units seem to vary. I suggest using fundamental SI units. > > That would be meters, kilograms, seconds, and maybe a very > > few others -- my memory fails me on this. > > iirc, SI comes from France, and therefore it should be "metres"
Yes. Quite why a distance matters to the battery is another question, though...
For the end-user, the ability to see readings in other units would be useful - how many people on this list work in litres/metres/kilometres, and how many in gallons/feet/miles? Probably enough in both groups that neither could count as universal...
James.
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