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posted by LaminatorX on Monday February 24 2014, @12:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the How-many-slugs-to-the-stone? dept.

AnonTechie writes:

"I have the following requests to members of this new forum:

1) Please use SI Units wherever possible. Alternative comparative units such as swimming pools, size of Florida, cars, libraries of congress, etc are also welcome ...

2) Please cover tech/science related stories from around the world. Please do not make this a US only website !!

Cheers and best wishes,

AnonTechie"

[ED Note: We as a community welcome submissions from around the world, as befits our international userbase. The Editorial team in particular is looking closely at including voices from outside the U.S. as we continue to grow. As for the units question in particular, stories will certainly arrive with a variety of units depending on the origin of the submission. We encourage, though do not require, submitters to include conversions where appropriate for clarity out of courtesy to your fellow readers. Though we try to use a light touch when making edits to story submissions, Editors may add these from time to time as well, should clarity demand and time permit.

Soylentils, does the current ad-hoc approach meet your needs, or do you favor a more formal approach from your news discussion site?]

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @05:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @05:49AM (#5589)

    This is a good point. Why can't browsers handle this automatically?

    There should be a menu item or button that says "show original units" "show SI units" "show Imperial units" etc., that will automatically translate any units on the page.

    Of course, it would be great to have such units marked up using some sort of markup language, but short of that, there ought to be a simple workaround...

  • (Score: 1) by lord_rob the only on on Monday February 24 2014, @01:21PM

    by lord_rob the only on (939) <shiva3003NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Monday February 24 2014, @01:21PM (#5778)

    google "20 m to feet" (20 meters)