I agree that what this columnist said is utterly stupid. Howver, I think we
can be encouraged by the responses - not one totally agreed with him, and even
those who sort of sympathised qualified their comments by saying that the US is
really out of touch and must change if it wants to be a
Han,
Yes, one would wonder why a pro-metric website would give advertisement space
to an article that is anti-metric. But then if you read down to the comments
you will see why.
These two comments I found the most interesting. The first one makes a
connection between who sets the rules
Yes and no. I am apparently in the minority, but let me try once more to
clarify the point I am making.
First, if converting an actual measurement, it must ALWAYS be rounded sensibly
at the end. There is no point in decimal dust in the final answer.
Secondly, any rounding of the conversion
I'm curious as to what is needed to be revised or updated. Unless there is a
new unit or prefix added to the list of units or the definition of a unit
changes then there should be no need to revise or update the SI standard. So
what revisions are being made?
Jerry
I'm not on the committee. As a minimum, some changes that need to be reflected:
*The katal is approved as a new derived unit.
*The dalton is accepted as equivalent to the unified atomic mass unit
*The SI Brochure has taken a softer stance on certain non-SI units.
*NIST has continued the
The SI Brochure, NIST SP 330, NIST SP 811 and other documents are among
those that the joint committee refers to in maintaining SI 10. We are
sensitive to changes in those documents. For example, the katal and the
dalton will certainly be part of this revision.
One large change in the SI
Wait, you believe that the Democrats oppose metrication whereas the Republicans
support it? May I
ask what has led you to feel this way?
The most obvious connection between partisanship and metrication to my eyes is
what happened in
the 70s. Jimmy Carter's metric conversion program
You don't mention the dollar.how's that going these days?
;-)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:35:02 -0700
From: jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com
Subject: [USMA:44734] Re: Is this a joke or is it supposed to be serious?
To: usma@colostate.edu
Han,
Yes, one would wonder why a pro-metric website
Hooves on their feet, that is.
cm
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Jeremiah MacGregor
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 23:40
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:44726] Re: Metric horse boots
Horses don't have feet, they have hooves.
The USMA doesn't need to do anything. These old members are the people
making all of this
possible.
I agree that the listserv is getting overstuffed with messages. I hardly read
any these days (as
evidenced by the latency of this reply). I do, however, keep seeing the same
from address
I too am getting a bit tired of the weekend sniping.
I'll be going to the UK at the end of this month for two weeks, and will
likely unsubscribe in order to keep e-mails from piling up on my BlackBerry
which will get really expensive if there are a lot (also because I want to
visit people, go
Stan, Steeve, sirs:
.May I ask what has led you to feel this way?
With growing demand to meet 'aero-industrial and commerce growth' in United
States, the economic imbalance has already started affecting exchequor and
impact is being felt on the tax-payer. YOU may argue that economy is in
Have a great trip, Carleton. And please do send us a trip report when you can
after you get back! :-)
-- Ezra
- Original Message -
From: Carleton MacDonald carlet...@comcast.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 1:46:52 PM GMT -08:00
On 2009/04/18, at 9:18 PM, Han Maenen wrote:
I was on the USMA site on the page 'Published articles about metric
- 2009' and found this:
Metric is no way to measure By Glynn Moore| Columnist
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, 2009-Mar-16, 1p., Moore,G.; Metric is
no way to measure.
That's actually possibly a good idea - is the 'unsubscribe-resubscribe' method
quicker than ordering on 'Sender' and doing a mass delete?
In hotmail you can order on any column - so you can order on 'From' select the
page with - for random example - 'J' and simply cross the boxes and hit the
The USMA list doesn't work like (for example) yahoogroups, where you can go
on no-mail status but you are still part of the group, can send messages,
but have to read messages on the web site. It's a listserv so you have to
unsubscribe completely when you go on vacation. Fortunately it does not
Stephen:
I think most email applications, whether Web-based (e.g., Hotmail, Yahoo
Mail, Gmail, etc.) or client-based (e.g., MS Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird,
etc.), have that same capability.
It doesn't hurt to clarify it, though.
I use the same technique to purge many of my MS Outlook
Have a good trip, Carleton, and try to keep the dings and dongs separate.
Bill
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Roseville, CA
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On
I wrote to an online food seller asking them to include package sizes in
kilograms on the website. I got the following reply:
We have no interest in confusing folks with a mix of metric and English
pounds.
Should the FPLA be amended to apply to online food sellers? Or does a
different law
Columnist Glynn Moore shows the mentality of news writers. She lacks
complete understanding of the world she lives in.
However, through her access to writing in a newspaper, she is able to
influence the uneducated public. US pre-college students rank 13th out of 15
OCED countries,
The main problem stems from the fact that pre-college people in the US rank
13th out of 15 OCED countries in the world. This hurts US productivity and one
reason why things are manufactured outside the US.
The World Is Flat as Tom Friedman writes, and the US hasn't recognized it,
Don't forget to visit Tesco (the imperial store) and report back just how
imperial is isn't.
Jerry
From: Carleton MacDonald carlet...@comcast.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:46:52 PM
Subject: [USMA:44743] RE:
Pat,
From the tone of his article, I don't think he will be too amused. He might
have a heart attack when he realizes how much metric there is in his life that
he never knew existed.
Jerry
From: Pat Naughtin pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com
To: U.S.
In as much as it seems like you are making a noble gesture for metrication,
just blindly writing to a company can be the wrong thing to do. You never know
who will be answering your request. The person answering your request may be
very strongly anti-metric and either ignore you or provide
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