To all:
Just got back home from my local Target store, as I needed to do some shopping for my
upcoming trip to Europe. I picked up a Gillette package, which included a Mach 3
razor, a 25 ml vile of skin lotion and a 75 ml can of shaving gel. I could not see
the volumes on the bottles themsel
To the list: This was a copy of a message I sent to Shop Vac's customer
service address.
Carleton
Brad Ackerman wrote:
> A given Chinese character has roughly the same meaning independent of
> the language used.
Which is what I said.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:24:52 -0800, Bill Potts wrote:
>To the best of my knowledge,
the characters are the same. They just
>represent different words (but the same
meaning), depending on the language.
There are four styles of Chinese characters:
*
Chinese, traditional -- used in HK, Taiwan,
Don't blab it about, Carleton. How about we hook it up to an efficient
wind-turbine, driving a generator and sell this self-sustaining,
energy-producing power plant?
Jim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I recently bought a Shop Vac 6000. It works quite well but I have a question
> about the specif
If this is a continuation of "wind chill factor" as it pertains to the
United States, neither one of you is in the right weather regime. In the
U.S., the NWS calculates a temperature below the actual to "represent"
what the temperature would have to be to feel as cold in still air as
one does at t
Bill Potts kindly converted the Word for Macintosh format to rtf and
sent me the Zissner document. Holy smokes! Here's a piece of equipment
that synthesizes and replicates raw parameters used in previous
generations of testing equipment. Zissner never did explain how the
Krebs Units are defined. H
John wrote in USMA 9838
>German glasses are very regulated. Whenever I was in a restaurant, each
>glass had a white line half way around the top with its contents marked.
>For example, if you had wine in a 200 mL glass, and it was filled to the
>line, you know you got 200 ml of product. German
>I am sure the international community will choose the W/m2 and reject
>something like BTU/ft2, but indeed, the US will more than probably spoil the
>new standard with that unit. Just remember how they refused to adopt the
>METAR standards, because they are too metric.
Btu/ft2 won't do; it doesn
I recently bought a Shop Vac 6000. It works quite well but I have a question
about the specification "6.0 peak horsepower".
The vacuum indicates that it uses 11.0 amperes. At a nominal 120 volts this
would mean 11x120 = 1320 watts.
The "horsepower", a non-SI unit, is defined as being exactly
Jim:
It's in Word 5.1 for Macintosh format. I'll convert it to rtf and send it to
you off-list.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of James R. Frysinger
> Sent: December 19
Adrian, I'm not sure what format the attached filef from Zissner is in,
but I'm not able to open it using Word or WinWord filters. Can you quote
it or summarize it? I'm quite curious about what he says.
Jim
Adrian Jadic wrote:
>
> You should read this guy's answer. So that you learn how to meas
Scott Clause wrote:
> I only know a few characters so I
> wouldn't be able to tell if it was directed at Cantonese or Mandarin
> speakers.
To the best of my knowledge, the characters are the same. They just
represent different words (but the same meaning), depending on the language.
Bill Potts,
You should read this guy's answer. So that you learn how to measure
viscosity in grams...
I am also attaching a copy of the answer I sent him. Please observe that I
used "inches". I intended to speak "English" to him in order to get my main
point through. It's probably hopeless anyway.
Adrian
Last time I was on Delta their in-flight magazine explained baggage size
restrictions in a variety of languages: English, German, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (at least). All were in SI except
the English and Chinese. Go figure? The only thing I could think of was
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:38:18 -0800, you wrote:
>On 2000-12-19 at 09:23, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>> If you contact Discovery, they will tell you the program is designed for an
>> American office, yet they most likely market the program world-wide.
>
>When I was in Peru, I was watch
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:59:40 +0100, you wrote:
>"Un demi" effectively means - theoretically - half a liter. In the
>practice, "un demi" stands for a glass of beer (don't you say
>"draught beer" ?), not a beer in a bottle. Whatever the real quantity
>is, from 250 to 500 ml.
>
>"Une pinte" is a
2000-12-19
This does not apply to just wine glasses, I was using that as an example.
But, all glasses, including those used for water or other drinks as well.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved the
I am sure the international community will choose the W/m2 and reject
something like BTU/ft2, but indeed, the US will more than probably spoil the
new standard with that unit. Just remember how they refused to adopt the
METAR standards, because they are too metric.
But if I have a nightmare to-ni
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:46:18 -0400, you wrote:
>Chris wrote in USMA 9835:
>
>>I've already sent this message to Louis, but it occurred to me that
>>someone else might know this answer.
>>
>>I'm engaged in a discussion on uk.food+drink.real-ale about selling
>>beer in metric measures. One chap is
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:28:02 -0500, you wrote:
>2000-12-18
>
>German glasses are very regulated. Whenever I was in a restaurant, each
>glass had a white line half way around the top with its contents marked.
>For example, if you had wine in a 200 mL glass, and it was filled to the
>line, you kno
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:43:57 -0800 (PST), M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Sometime back, I travelled by Lufthansa Airlines. The
>monitors in the flight
>shows flight statistics in
>English language in Imperial units
>German language in Metric Units
>
>For ex-
> Height33,000 Ft
>
> Hohe
The following is an inquiry from the SI Navigator site.
If anyone can help Mr. Begley, please reply to him directly, with a copy to
me.
Thanks in anticipation.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-Original Message-
From: Phil Begley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
At 22:18 + 00/12/18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Louis:
>
>I'm having an argument on uk.food+drink.real-ale about metric measures
>for beer. One chap is claiming that 'un demi' means a hal-pint, and
>that 'une pinte' is 500 ml. The latter has been disproved by Bill
>Potts and Cardarelli (0.93 l)
On 2000-12-19 at 09:23, kilopascal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> If you contact Discovery, they will tell you the program is designed for an
> American office, yet they most likely market the program world-wide.
When I was in Peru, I was watching the Spanish language Discovery
Channel, and was di
On 2000-12-19 at 06:07, Bill Potts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> TWA alternates between SI and FFU, both in English. Virgin Atlantic shows
> FFU only. I forget what American Airlines shows, but I seem to remember it
> being the same as TWA.
Singapore Airlines shows only SI, alternating between En
Indeed, I won't open this attachment either. By co-incidence the Dutch
word 'gif' means poison! Too much 'gif' is being spread by e-mail attachments,
also with endings like -exe, -txt etc.
Han
Quoten kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2000-12-19
>
> When your e-mail arrived via the list
These are the seeds that need to be planted. Now we just lay low a few
years, let the seeds grow and tempers cool, head off any futher backsliding,
and create a situation where the naysayers arguments are shot down by
example. The prepare a new push for the late 00's.
Great post!
Nat
>
>
> I t
I got this message from Mr. Melenchuk too,
Han
- Doorgestuurd bericht van "Jozsa, Robert ED0"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Datum:Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:40:16 -0600
Van:"Jozsa, Robert ED0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Antwoord aan:"Jozsa, Robert ED0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OnderwerpResponse to your
"Carter, Baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in USMA 9848:
>I gave up watching this program as they using FFU. Engineers talking
>fahrenheit and their internet site using non-metric units.
>
>One would think that this channel could get a new program right.
>
>
>
>Baron carter
>
>Content-Type: image
Chris wrote in USMA 9835:
>I've already sent this message to Louis, but it occurred to me that
>someone else might know this answer.
>
>I'm engaged in a discussion on uk.food+drink.real-ale about selling
>beer in metric measures. One chap is claiming that the French 'pinte'
>is roughly a 'pint',
Yes, I've heard a bit more about this subject. The latest issue of the
American Meteorological Society Bulletin carried another such study.
Also, I was in contact with an author who published last year on this.
The "wind chill temperature" can be reported in degrees Celsius or
degrees Fahrenheit;
The Charleston Post and Courier published my letter on TIMMS-R,
especially regarding teacher certification and study of SI units to the
exclusion of others. The link is (for a few days)
http://www.charleston.net/pub/news/letters/lets1219.htm
I posted a copy here earlier and it was printed with
2000-12-19
When your e-mail arrived via the list server, attached was a 2 kByte file
called BOOMERANG.GIF. Not sure what it is, I refuse to open it. What is it
suppose to be and is it safe to open?
If you contact Discovery, they will tell you the program is designed for an
American office, yet
2000-12-19
Did anyone see the Monday, 2000-12-18 issue of the Wall Street Journal? The
front page article entitled: "First Santa Claus, Now The Wind chill Is
Called Into Question". Scientists look for a New Index Everybody Can
Believe In; The One We Use Is Wrong
The article was written by Mark
M R wrote:
> Sometime back, I travelled by Lufthansa Airlines. The
> monitors in the flight
> shows flight statistics in
> English language in Imperial units
> German language in Metric Units
TWA alternates between SI and FFU, both in English. Virgin Atlantic shows
FFU only. I forget what Americ
I gave up watching this program as they using FFU. Engineers talking
fahrenheit and their internet site using non-metric units.
One would think that this channel could get a new program right.
Baron carter
Boomerang.gif
Sometime back, I travelled by Lufthansa Airlines. The
monitors in the flight
shows flight statistics in
English language in Imperial units
German language in Metric Units
For ex-
Height33,000 Ft
Hohe 10,000 Meters
ofcourse in 2 different screen snaps.
The flight involved both Boein
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