New Posts For Thread: metric system?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_systemGoogled through the forums and couldn't find any topics on it, and as an European i am almost obliged by law to mention it :D The question is, what sort of measurements might we expect to find in 4E? in my opinion there are three options, [LIST][*]A.Looks like we're on the same page, then.Muchísimas gracias--hablo español con fluidez (más o menos). :Dhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_system?post_id=332877126#332877126Looks like we're on the same page, then.Muchísimas gracias--hablo español con fluidez (más o menos). :DFri, 22 Feb 2008 19:31:13 -0600I know you know :) Said it as a preeliminary to the second part, as, from your post, i thought you didnt know that part. You sounded as if you were saying that the 1 to 240 was a resoult of mathematial logic (several factors, and such), but the truthhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_system?post_id=332877062#332877062I know you know :) Said it as a preeliminary to the second part, as, from your post, i thought you didnt know that part. You sounded as if you were saying that the 1 to 240 was a resoult of mathematial logic (several factors, and such), but the truthFri, 22 Feb 2008 10:44:43 -0600I know. If you'll look at what you quoted again:;)Iiiinteresting; I'd never heard that before. Do you remember where you heard it?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_system?post_id=332877058#332877058I know. If you'll look at what you quoted again:;)Iiiinteresting; I'd never heard that before. Do you remember where you heard it?Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:38:42 -0600Originally it was 1 to 240 i think.I heard once that ethymologicaly, its name comes from "a pound of starlings". Old pennies had a star marked on them, and were named "starlings". 240 of them weighted exactly one pound. So "one pound of starlings" dehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_system?post_id=332877054#332877054Originally it was 1 to 240 i think.I heard once that ethymologicaly, its name comes from "a pound of starlings". Old pennies had a star marked on them, and were named "starlings". 240 of them weighted exactly one pound. So "one pound of starlings" deFri, 22 Feb 2008 09:33:38 -0600Actually, the old English pounds-pence system was 100 pence to 1 pound sterling, or 240-to-1 further back; both are a multiple of 10 and both have several factors (1,2,4,5,10,20,25,50,100 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,30,40,48,60,80,120,240), so they're mohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19582206/metric_system?post_id=332876914#332876914Actually, the old English pounds-pence system was 100 pence to 1 pound sterling, or 240-to-1 further back; both are a multiple of 10 and both have several factors (1,2,4,5,10,20,25,50,100 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,30,40,48,60,80,120,240), so they're moThu, 21 Feb 2008 16:38:15 -0600