[maper]

You have "nailed it"!
Th prgrmmrs bhnd mngrffl hv srly lst thr trck nd bng gnrnt f th mst sd systm f msrmnts s nthng bt pthtc…
Snc th rpns, whch frst nvntd nd thrftr bndnd th ld "mprl systm," whch s lft by vrybdy bt th mrcns t s xtr pthtc…
spclly ftr th "Bstn t prty"…
n thr wrds, why r th mrcns s ncrdbly stck n prsrvng smthng thy wntd t lv frm th bgnnng?
s t bcs thy r "stckd" r hv dsr t b smthng thy stll hv nt ccmplshd?
jst wndr, bt mrcns rlly hv t cstmz thmslvs t th rst f th Wstrn wrld!
E.g., see http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system where it is stated that "The United States is the only industrialised country that does not use the metric system as its official system of measurement, although the metric system has been officially sanctioned for use there since 1866."
What about that?!…