
9 Jun
2006
9 Jun
'06
8:35 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:04:17PM -0400, John Phillips wrote:
(astrophysics and cosmology, to be complete) and you are incorrect in thinking that SI units make everything simpler. The whole point of any
Point taken. I've been known to change my mind in the past. I guess I'll have to check up on high energy physics before I make further comments :). I still think that *numerically* the unit system cannot make much of a difference (but feel free to convince me otherwise here as well), but I can see that having the speed of light at 1 might simplify matters. Regards -Gerhard -- Gerhard Wesp ZRH office voice: +41 (0)44 668 1878 ZRH office fax: +41 (0)44 200 1818 For the rest I claim that raw pointers must be abolished.