Andy Kunz wrote:
> Come now, Wagner, just because you prefer a different system doesn't mean
> that there's anything WRONG with the one somebody else uses.  I happen to
> use both methods independently (without having to do the math for
> conversions) depending upon the reference of the listener.  When I was a
> kid, we had to know the times tables up to 16.  Doing things in octal,
> binary, hex or decimal is no problem.  Base 12 isn't either.  Just adapt -
> that's why God gave us intelligence.
>
> As for a real HA scale, this is precisely where the railroads come from.
> Why, I'm sure the rail experts on the list can inform you, but the Standard
> Gauge is based on the common carriage width from earlier years, which was
> based on the Roman chariot width, which was based on the width of the horse
> which drew the chariot.
>
> Andy

I saw the previous post about it, very interesting.
This could also explain why the last Mars mission aparatus were not
designed neither in metric or royal scales, probably in HA's again...
hehe, and still not working, huh?

Wagner.