John,

Are you saying that we Yanks should adopt metric and give up English units? We've been trying that for, what, 30 years and I believe we are more entrenched in English units now than we were when these issues were first being discussed. I don't know how many billions (of any kind) of dollars are wasted or how many spacecraft we will slam into Mars because we insist in holding on to YOUR system of weights and measures. Okay, so you Brits gave up your system in favor of the metric system quite some time ago. Still, IT IS YOUR FAULT THAT WE ARE STUCK WITH THESE DUMB BASE 12 AND BASE 16 SYSTEMS. You must hold yourselves accountable for our intransigence! ;-)

Dale

>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:14:17 +0000 >Reply-To: John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK> >From: John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK> >Subject: Re: Can a SAS Dataset larger than 2 GB ? >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > >At 13:58 05/03/01 -0600, Walter Scott wrote: > >>Another example of "Yankee Imperialism" <GRIN>? > >Maybe. I'd be more inclined to put it down to deficient Classical >education to the west of the Atlantic - otherwise even those Yankees would >have known that billion should be 10**12 :-) > >Anyway, since we've 'given in' to you over billions and trillions, isn't it >now your turn as regards paper sizes, if not also some of your weights and >measures?!! > >Kind Regards, > > >John > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Dr John Whittington, Voice: +44 (0) 1296 730225 >Mediscience Services Fax: +44 (0) 1296 738893 >Twyford Manor, Twyford, E-mail: John.W@mediscience.co.uk >Buckingham MK18 4EL, UK mediscience@compuserve.com >----------------------------------------------------------------

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