John Schweisthal wrote:
> With A4 being the most common paper size world-wide, one wonders what the
> makers of filing cabinets don't make them a little wider to accommodate A4
> paper.
They do, John. Most file cabinets are designed to handle legal size, which
is longer than A4. Both of mine, wh
on 4/24/2002 10:00 PM, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In reference to a book I mentioned in a previous message, John wrote on
2002-04-24:
> What was the copyright date on the book? And what do they say is the
> correct pronunciation of kilometre?
DARN!
I just came home from the bookstor
2002-04-24
In response to you first point, I would say that describing paper by its
actual dimensions is not done when using the A paper series. Nor is going
to the effort to figure out the actual area. If it is ever done, it is a
holdover from the FFU way of doing it, since the FFU way is to d
2002-04-24
There was really no reason for the Wall Street Journal to even bring up the
metric issue concerning the martyrs. But, they did so, because they are
virulently anti-metric. They had a very "angry" editorial when the martyrs
lost their first case, and even printed a negative obituary o
That one's a keeper, Jim.
Your argument about filing cabinets is a strong one, although the main issue
is more one of 3-ring binders (available in great variety at decent prices)
versus 4-ring A4 binders (marginally available in very limited variety from
one or two suppliers at much higher prices
Yes, John, but not everyone does. Additionally, there is no guarantee that a
Word 2000 document can be opened by Word 97 (or by other word processors of
that vintage). Usually, it has to be specifically saved in Word 97 (or an
earlier) format. RTF, on the other hand, is the universal standard (rat
Here's the relevant excerpt from the WSJ. I attach the rest of the article
to show it in context.
Interesting they imply the standarization of measurement standards is
somehow bad, yet the standardization of cellphone standards is somehow good.
Go figure.
Nat
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On Wednesday, 2002 April 24 1833, kilopascal wrote:
> 2002-04-24
>
> Adrian,
>
> I agree with you 100 %. I mentioned a few times on this list that metric
> was more than just a system of measurements. It is the foundation for the
> entire series of ISO/IEC standards. SI and ISO/IEC are intertwi
I concur wholeheartedly with Bill Hooper's reply (USMA:19614) to Adrian
Jadic's message (USMA:19610) regarding his letter to the editor of MT and her
reply. But I would like to add a few words of my own.
Refering to Bill's points:
"(1) The editorial in Metric Today is not erroneous."
In
2002-04-24
I have Office 97 on my system and word 97 opened it fine. No messages, no
errors.
John
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 2002-04-24 14:49
Subject: [USMA:19613] RE: Answer from MT ed
2002-04-24
Adrian,
I agree with you 100 %. I mentioned a few times on this list that metric
was more than just a system of measurements. It is the foundation for the
entire series of ISO/IEC standards. SI and ISO/IEC are intertwined.
One of the reasons the world has failed to adopt US standa
Thanks for the reply Bill.
There is no person faster than I am when it comes to appologizing when I am
in error or I have offended anyone.
My intention is not to offend but to criticize. The word enemy was used as a
comparison.
As for how one can metricate without adopting metric standards, hen
2002-04-24
I keep saying that Europe will be the key! And that is why we have support
the strengthening of the EU and supporting the Euro as well. What happens
in Europe is very important to our discussions on metric. It is a strong
Europe that will succeed in destroying FFU everywhere.
John
2002-04-24
What was the copyright date on the book? And what do they say is the
correct pronunciation of kilometre?
John
- Original Message -
From: "Barbara and/or Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2002-04-23 20:24
Subjec
There are two glaring error of fact in Adrian's message (quoted here):
on 4/24/2002 5:10 PM, Adrian Jadic at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wrote a small explanation letter asking them to publish it in response to
> the eroneous Editor's note but instead I got the cold shoulder similar to
> what we
Adrian:
As not everyone has Word 2000 (or a word processor that can read Word 2000
documents -- Word 97 cannot, for example), I've resaved your document in
Rich Text Format (RTF). Most word processors (and all recent ones) can read
RTF files. I recommend you save any intended attachments in that
In the MT answer I posted earlier we find this statement made by the
editors:
"However, USMA's mission is to make [correctly used] SI the only
measurement language used by the United States, not to promote international
standards."
I don't know how other USMA members on this list feel about it
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:43:16 -0500 (CDT), Gene Mechtly
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Jim Gottlieb wrote
>(endorsing the following suggestion by Chris)
>> > Surely the best way is to order via FNAC (www.fnac.fr) or Alapage
>> > (www.alapage.fr)? I have bought DVDs from both, and
In the latest MT there was a note from the editor regarding our discussions
about using A3 paper for MT instaead of 11"x17".
It bothered me that we still don't get it that the A series as well as B and
C series are *metric* sizes and people who are supposed to be specialists in
metric matters sti
At 20:14 -0500 02/04/23, Gene Mechtly wrote:
>Sure enough! A visit to www.alpage.fr and a search for Louis Jourdan
>produces "La grande metrication" with an opportunity to buy the book.
My publisher tells me that the book will not deliverable by ALAPAGE
before May 15
>However, a visit to www.f
The lead article in the Wall Street Journal for April 23 dealt with the
global effect of the EU's business regulations. Directives from Brussels
are requiring US companies to make changes in their products worldwide
(that means US-wide too) in order to please European regualators. Most of
th
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