Re: Operationalize orthogonality
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:28:14 GMT
Message-ID: <i5ffg.887$ap3.551_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>> "U-gene" <grigoriev-e_at_yandex.ru> wrote in message
>> news:1148987955.443290.54010_at_y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> But if this lab used right "WEIGHT" domain, that allows automatical
>>> convert from kilograms to pounds, to represent values and to define and
>>> create variables, which contains these values, this problem didn't
>>> arise at all.
>>>
>>> Europians, who use kilogram as default representation, add value what
>>> looks like "1". Americans, who use pounds as default representation,
>>> see this value as "2,2046". There is no problem here. The problems
>>> appear when you miss unit or when you forget about it.
>>
>> Or when you forget that Americans use comma and point differently than
>> Europeans, when writing numbers.
>
> Or when you forget that kilograms measure mass while pounds measure force.
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:28:14 GMT
Message-ID: <i5ffg.887$ap3.551_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Bob Badour wrote:
> David Cressey wrote: >
>> "U-gene" <grigoriev-e_at_yandex.ru> wrote in message
>> news:1148987955.443290.54010_at_y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> But if this lab used right "WEIGHT" domain, that allows automatical
>>> convert from kilograms to pounds, to represent values and to define and
>>> create variables, which contains these values, this problem didn't
>>> arise at all.
>>>
>>> Europians, who use kilogram as default representation, add value what
>>> looks like "1". Americans, who use pounds as default representation,
>>> see this value as "2,2046". There is no problem here. The problems
>>> appear when you miss unit or when you forget about it.
>>
>> Or when you forget that Americans use comma and point differently than
>> Europeans, when writing numbers.
>
> Or when you forget that kilograms measure mass while pounds measure force.
Or when you don't understand the difference between mass and force.
Cheers, Frank. Received on Wed May 31 2006 - 13:28:14 CEST