Ezra,
My posted comment was to *Cancel the Constellation Program* rather than drag
19th Century units of measurement into the 21st Century.
Gene.
Original message
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:32:37 + (UTC)
From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
Subject: [USMA:45262] Re: NASA feedback
Ezra, Don All:
World experience has shown, continued use of imperial units -yards, feet,
inches has only deferred/delayed/cancelled important projects when NOT using
'SI Metric Units'. It shall only be in the right direction id NASA
cnages/cancells 'future projects' unless executed using
Bill,
It is a legal requirement in the UK that berths be quoted per metre. UKMA
members have often scoured local government websites to remind local
councils of their legal obligations.
BTW, the .gov.uk URL is used by central government, county councils,
district councils, government
Martin:
That's why I said the use was unsurprising. However, thanks for the link.
Quite apart from anything else, it's a stunningly well-designed site (which
I see is a finalist for an award).
Bill
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Bill Potts
W http://wfpconsulting.com/ FP Consulting
Roseville, CA
Last week we were in Bournemouth, Dorset. We walked virtually the entire
seafront between Hengistbury Head in the east to Poole in the west (a distance
of around 10 km or so). Every 300 or 400 m there is a signboard showing
nearest amenities, plus nearest point of interest. Everything was
Any idea who are responsible for the signage? It might be interesting to find
out because it could provide additional evidence that the UK public (or most of
it) is ready for metric road signs.
Ezra
- Original Message -
From: John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.com
To: U.S. Metric
Dear Jim and Martin,
Jim's figure of 70 cubic metres per person per year looks a lot higher
than Martin's 6.3 and 11 cubic metres per year!
Currently, with level 3A water restrictions in Melbourne – 70
kilometres from Geelong – the people there are restricted to 1255
litres per person
I believe Ezra that it is Bournemouth Borough Council - certainly all the signs
had the Bournemouth logo on them.
I agree with you - as I mentioned in a previous email, I find a lot of use of
metric at local and at the individual level. It seems only central and other
high level government
