[USMA:48989] documentary

2010-12-02 Thread John Frewen-Lord
Dear all: This video is a hypothetical enactment of what will happen when the dollar no longer is the world's reserve currency. It projects this happening as early as 2012 - two years from now. http://www.bullsource.com/nia-projects-the-day-the-dollar-died/ The interesting thing about this, f

[USMA:48988] Consumption on the couch

2010-12-02 Thread Pat Naughtin
Dear All, I am send ing you this reference so you can listen to the 26 minute radio documentary, "Consumption on the couch", made by the BBC in Los Angeles. It is about how the advertising industry would tackle a big problem like global warming. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00c343x

[USMA:48987] Re: ppm ppb, ...

2010-12-02 Thread Patrick Moore
More than ten years ago, the technical publisher I work for followed Stan’s advice and stopped using parts per million. Today, thousands of pages later, we have not missed it. A ratio of milliliters per liter or micrograms per gram (for examples) works great! On 12/2/10 9:23 AM, "John M. Steel

[USMA:48986] Re: ppm ppb, ...

2010-12-02 Thread John M. Steele
Interesting.  Do you have a link to the IPCC story?  I'd be interested in reading more on it. "Not permitted" might be a little strong as sometimes the Federal government requires data in this form, but I would agree with "strongly discouraged."  NIST SP811 deals with this in section 7.10.3 an

[USMA:48985] ppm ppb, ...

2010-12-02 Thread Stanislav Jakuba
Apparently, IPCC has done it again. Messing up the meaning of the various pps (ppm, ppmv, etc.), caused them to be off as much as 50 %. This, for a change, seems a non-intentional falsification of data, unlike the East Anglia University affair. Concerning the "pps," I am proud to say that I hav