Its not really odd, its a natural way to convert a quantity stated in three unit...

dragonwriter on May 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What does GCHQ know about our devices that we don'...

Its not really odd, its a natural way to convert a quantity stated in three units that have no obvious relation even to each other to someone unfamiliar with the pre-decimal system into a quantity stated in a single unit.