From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1823 invoked from network); 7 May 2023 02:52:15 -0000 Received: from zapf.ntg.nl (5.39.185.232) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 May 2023 02:52:15 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24D31C2F06; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at zapf.ntg.nl Received: from zapf.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zapf.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XU1M-Z7j6SCs; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from zapf.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D98FB1C282C; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407051C282C for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at zapf.ntg.nl Received: from zapf.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zapf.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jXPSYzOiavAy for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:44 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: Pass (mailfrom) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=17.58.38.50; helo=ms11p00im-qufo17281301.me.com; envelope-from=alan.braslau@icloud.com; receiver= Received: from ms11p00im-qufo17281301.me.com (ms11p00im-qufo17281301.me.com [17.58.38.50]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by zapf.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B71B9B7 for ; Sun, 7 May 2023 04:51:43 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=icloud.com; s=1a1hai; t=1683427902; bh=IKO+SVK8U4231h59P4w72If2Sf5UVkckoX6rdFLEvFo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=pCkvq7o0GliwRvznqcyuJXehp+XjKoweT9Za3K+j0zEYKBcw5OfHO4r2wfA3/ODma +A6aZ+PMSPE8iFpR+HayeuFxcIkqCNcJHWOysUMbeOlPSJ8EO3NmQDA/rg5aAZKGW3 mM3OFODDmahvqEczrX3C0ravDMKPBeILmwIaNt1rVhQuzXtCwI8LeB0zZrq2UShyoL 4p1dAeTyNwNOnpxYsdf04ozQ2RDtV0792+OUq/7ScwUmvi4ckJXeK90y9TQUJcFA17 X0vT57sP2VjBN3mdDUWYEAfkCp1KeAs9YkQgFE99ntFeE1NvN2peZyWqSUdPK2Qp5u J9M5XngZ44BPA== Received: from boo.my.domain (ms11p00im-dlb-asmtpmailmevip.me.com [17.57.154.19]) by ms11p00im-qufo17281301.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BDC39CC01B1; Sun, 7 May 2023 02:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 20:51:38 -0600 To: skyhorse--- via ntg-context Message-ID: <20230506205138.4a4f9691@boo.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <20230506161031.7650@sachi> References: <20230506161031.7650@sachi> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.19.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd13.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: 9q-pspcrg6jdbDPDFU5ITviQ8bKt87M_ X-Proofpoint-GUID: 9q-pspcrg6jdbDPDFU5ITviQ8bKt87M_ X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: =?UTF-8?Q?vendor=3Dfsecure_engine=3D1.1.170-22c6f66c430a71ce266a39bfe25bc?= =?UTF-8?Q?2903e8d5c8f:6.0.425,18.0.572,17.11.62.513.0000000_definitions?= =?UTF-8?Q?=3D2022-01-14=5F01:2022-01-14=5F01,2020-02-14=5F11,2021-12-02?= =?UTF-8?Q?=5F01_signatures=3D0?= X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 mlxlogscore=375 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 clxscore=1011 adultscore=0 suspectscore=0 bulkscore=0 mlxscore=0 spamscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2212070000 definitions=main-2305070021 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new units X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.38 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Alan Braslau via ntg-context Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Cc: Alan Braslau Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sender: "ntg-context" On Sat, 06 May 2023 16:10:31 -0800 skyhorse--- via ntg-context wrote: > > > Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > >...... > > Oh, so a bug, I'll fix the message. Not really a unit but then, feet > > is also not one. > > > > That is incorrect. Feet is an establish and proper unit of > measurement, which consists of 12 inches. It is used by, at least, > several hundred million people. It can be said that the ability to > grok and manipulate fractions has many benefits, which the metric > system sorely lacks. The inch is properly defined as *exactly* 2.54cm. So the foot is a proper unit defined as 12*2.54cm. Manipulating fractions, I stated, is the entire point of Imperial measurements. Now go figure: Physical Review Letters once objected to my publishing a graph without units on the abscissa. I satisfied the editor by adding $[m\times m^{-1}]$ (my graph was in radians). 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