One kilometer = 0.62 mile (duh!) (Score 0, Offtopic)

It's a pity the original poster felt a need to tell us that a kilometer was 0.62 mile. Are Americans so unaware of metric units that even slashdotters need to be reminded of the conversion back to English units? With most of the rest of the world using the MKS (metric) system, it's just a shame that Americans have been too stubborn and incapable of adopting it as well.