On Tuesday 21 March 2006 18:08, Mike Millet wrote:
> This does bring up a question though. Has the US converted metric on the
> clothing and just continued to size pants in inches or do we really still
> use inches to cut the cloth and such. I know when you make your own clothes
> it's always done
This does bring up a question though. Has the US converted metric on the clothing and just continued to size pants in inches or do we really still use inches to cut the cloth and such. I know when you make your own clothes it's always done in yards of fabric and whatnot, but I'm not sure if we all
In looking over Pat's observations, I think the two driving advantages to
millimeters are:
* It normally results in whole numbers (no decimal fractions)
* It helps break the "inch-foot" mindset
The second point arises from the fact that the resulting numbers in mm are
scaled noticeably differe
Dear Tom,
I have interspersed some remarks.
On 22/03/06 1:31 AM, "Tom Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>> But if we are going to get people to use the SI in their personal lives
>> we will have to 'allow' the centimeter for use. One of the frequent
>> gripes against the SI is tha
Tom Wade, Group:
To get people to "think metric...".
I see the NEED to 'think metric' and relate measurements to definition of
the METRE.
While, it is NOT my intention to revoke a discussion of TIME at this list,
there is a need to see things beyond. Long ago, I sent some documentation to
Jim & friends:
(a) smoking something, or (b) something political was going on.
There is always some smoke beneath a fire.
Isn't there any need to 'universalise/standardise' counting of large/small
numbers and create a bridge between East & West(Europe inclusive). I have
talked of this need sin
I'm up to the H's in this Weights & Measures dictionary, and it turns
out the CGPM did the same thing with H for hecto that they did with D for
deca -- before 1960 they were capital letters, after 1960 they were lower
case.
Based on the number of comments I received, both on list and off list, I
A possible test case would be a country that switched from Imperial to
metric and used millimeters in their clothing industry.
If other possible variables could be eliminated, the fact that the clothing
industry in that country metricated more easily than Australia did would
argue in favor of Pat'
I should mention that I'm not Australian it's just that I haven't heard any of my friends who are ever do their height that way :).Another odd thing i've noticed is that fuel economy in cars is still measured in miles to the gallon even in fully metricated countries as opposed to L/100km. I heard i
Actually Australians still refer to their height in feet and inches :). A leftover from the non SI days I guess.As far as screen sizes go for monitors I can vouch that I have never ever seen an SI unit measurement on a monitor screen. Even in commercials in the UK or Australia or France it's always
Greetings,
But if we are going to get people to use the SI in their personal lives
we will have to 'allow' the centimeter for use. One of the frequent
grips against the SI is that (to some people) it does not feel "natural"
because (they say) it does not related to a 'body measurement'. To get
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