You are right. There is nothing wrong about fractions, or about learning
them. It is only the way they are often used in outdated garbage like ifp or
until very recently on the American stock exchanges.
Han
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From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Saw part of a PBS show called "Hemisphere South" on our local affiliate
KCSM. Couldn't find any more info about it either on their web site or
the main PBS web site (and I didn't watch the whole thing so I missed
the closing credits to see who produced it). The topic was the history
of the inhabita
Madan, Bill and friends:
I have had the oppertunity of examining most values for Pi used by man since
(I could trace) and believe that *without defining Pi or 'radian'* the sign
of equation for circle (=2 Pi radians) is incomplete. The data, I worked is
placed at:
http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_pi
Nice to have you back, John.
This is to wish the US the best luck in the world
and sincerely hope someone influential there sees the importance of starting a
metrication program as soon as possible.
I'm signing off now - over and out.
Mike
Perth WA
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From
Well Gang,
It so un-nice to be back in the land of Fred Flintstone after 3 weeks in
the sunlight of a metric country.
But such is life outside the great southern land.
John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional
Engineer
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
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