If there is any doubt that we live in a metric world, BBC news today has an
article on a new radio telescope array just being commissioned. The article
goes on to tell about an even newer array currently being planned:
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be based in either Australia
Here are two answers for why to buy IEEE/ASTM SI-10 when BIPM is free.
1. To spell meter etc., the BIPM uses the spelling re, which is
unacceptable in edited American English. I mention this, realizing that some
readers in this group are livid that metricians in the USA persist in
opening our
This is interesting: Boston Marathon tracking in metric.
Bib NameAge M/F CityState Country Ctz *
1 Cheruiyot, Robert K 30 M Nandi District
KEN
http://baa.org/2009/cf/Public/TrackingIndividual.cfm?mode=multipleAddI
D=26704 Picture
Whoops, table did not format properly on the return. If you want, you
can see the it here:
http://baa.org/2009/cf/Public/TrackingIndividual.cfm?mode=multiple
Just type in a bib number.
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On
Behalf Of Kim, Rich (ECY)
Sent:
On point 1, NIST is officially charged by Congress to interpret the SI for the
United States, and NIST SP330 is the document that does so. It follows the
English text of the SI Brochure, with American spellings and a few minor
differences explained in margin notes.
Point 2 is a legitimate
ANSI is, I think, a private organization while BIPM is an 9inter-governemtn
one.
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Patrick Moore
Sent: 20 April 2009 17:49
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:44783] Re: IEEE/ASTM SI-10
Here are
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You can read the full report at
http://www.theage.com.au/national/bushfires-commission-to-examine-mass-evacuations-20090420-acr5.html
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
Dear All,
The bad folk who use downsizing to cheat their customers often have a
delightful time as they point out that the process of upgrading to the
metric system is an opportunity for such cheats.
The truth is, however, that these cheats (and their anti-honesty
supporters) don't
/bushfires-commission-to-examine-mass-evacuations-20090420-acr5.html
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped
thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade
