Mario Mendes Jr. wrote:

>> You're right, there is no "boss" that can fire them. But there is
>> government.

> How dare you suggest the government spend time and money on something
> that would make us more aligned with the rest of the world?!!  

Actually, they do. The NIST has a nice site on the SI system, and it is, in
fact, the legal measurement system in the USA. 

Home page of the units part: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html

History of metrics in USA and legal context:
http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/5425.htm

And for me, it's not about alignment with the rest of the world, it's about
alignment within my own calculations :)  I never understood how someone can
put up with a unit conversion factor between electric power, mechanic power
and thermal power (for example). And that's something we (or at least some
of us) use quite frequently.

Gerhard
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