Re: OT: Speed of light [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

-On [20080212 22:15], Dotan Cohen (dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
Note that Google will give a calculator result for "1 kilogram in
pounds", but not for "1 kilogram in inches". I wonder why not? After
all, both are conversions of incompatible measurements, ie, they
measure different things.

Eh? Last I checked both pound and kilogram are units of mass, so where is
the incompatibility?

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