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To: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
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Subject: Re: temperature standard - global config option?
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From: Harald Arnesen <gurre@start.no>
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"J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> writes:

> On 06.06 Alan Cox wrote:
> > The spec is farenheit
> 
> Kernel is worldwide, should not use anlo-saxon shifted units. Use the
> International System of Units (SI)
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html
> 
> Temperature measures in kelvins.

Absolutely. We chide Microsoft for not following standards, so we
should definitely follow the SI standards, which are much firmer than
any internet standards.
-- 
Hilsen Harald.