What? Thinking in a different base system? If God had meant us to think in 12's, we would have 12 digits. The only numbers in the imperial system that stimulates a better understanding of math are 36-26-36 :-) Now back to planes------
At 09:50 AM 10/09/03 +0100, you wrote: >I will challenge that. The beauty of the Metric system is that all units >(length, mass, volume, etc.) are related in a decimal way. For example, one >cubic meter is just 1000 liters. Try to do the same when dealing with pounds >and inches! > >Serge Vidal >KR2 ZS-WEC >Tunis, Tunisia > > >-----Original Message----- >From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On >Behalf Of Ron Eason >Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:43 AM >To: kr2coo...@earthlink.net; KR builders and pilots >Subject: Re: KR>Mertic system [ NON_KR SUBJEST] > > >One system is no better than the other, it's just a system of measurements. >I work with both all the time. I would give the edge to English because it >gets you thinking in different base numerical systems. Nature and the >Universe is not based on the 10's system. I stimulates a better >understanding of math. > > KRRon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jack Cooper" <kr2coo...@earthlink.net> >To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:07 PM >Subject: Re: KR>Mertic system > > > > I think it was a big mistake not to go to metrics. The world is on one > > standard and we in the USA on another. Metrics is so easy to learn if we > > would just do it. Just try to work on an American car and see how many > > fasteners are American and how many are metric. You never know which >wrench > > to pick up. > > > > Robert J. (Jack) Cooper > > kr2coo...@earthlink.net > > http://www.jackandsandycoooper.com/kr2 > > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > > > To: KR builders and pilots <kr...@mylist.net> > > > Date: 9/7/03 6:34:32 PM > > > Subject: Re: KR>Building a KR2 > > > > > > Fraser wrote: > > > > > > > I just wish all you guys would give your measurements in real terms, >ie > > > > millimeters, kg, Newtons, etc, instead of these ancient english >imperial > > > > things. Pity you didn' t throw the imperial system overboard with the > > tea > > > > in Boston, all those years ago! Makes my head ache, having to do the > > > > conversions. > > > > > > I agree wholeheartedly! We almost got smart and made the big move to > > metric > > > in the seventies, but somehow the effort got side tracked, and we're >mired > > > in the dark ages again. There's nothing worse than a slug! I'm 100% >for > > > the move to metric. I lived in Germany for three years and loved it >(and > > > for many other reasons)... > > > > > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > > > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > >_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html Fraser and Val McGregor 63 Preston Road MANLY QLD 4179 AUSTRALIA +61 7 3893 2717 Mo 0403 075 316 -----------------------
