> On 2011/01/12, at 08:30 , Stephen Humphreys wrote:
>
>> I heard the tragic news about the torrential rain in Australia,
>>
>> However- a little note which will probably annoy you- or at least disappoint
>> They were broadcasting from Australia (BBC) via a feed from an Aussie channel
>>
>> The
The paste book is pubished by Quirk Books, an Independent USA publisher,
Philadelphia, PA, Why do you not copy and paste your 'review' in an email to
them
http://irreference.com/contact/
I would love to email all American Publishers on the need of Metrication, just
too many of them.
Id pu
That could be. Even though I "know" it, I am sometimes momentarily confused by
it.
From: Martin Vlietstra
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 1:41:25 PM
Subject: [USMA:49479] RE: Floods in Germany -- AP Reporting
Just a thought - the un
No, what the grunt brain was thinking was, "7 meters and 70 centimeters"
(for a length of 7.7 m) because he was thinking like "25 feet and 4 inches".
Carleton
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 14:00
Just a thought - the underlying data might have been written 7,70 m and AP did
not realise that that many people use a comma rather than a stop as a decimal
separator.
_
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Sent: 10 January 201
More P.C. would be “metrically challenged”!
On 1/10/11 4:45 PM, "Pat Naughtin" wrote:
Dear Jim,
I like your term "metric-disabled" and I intend to use it shamelessly!
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
On 2011/01/11, at 04:30 , James R. Frysinger wrote:
I have submitted a book review,
OK the article is about a shotgun Taser. It fires a shell with self-contained
electronics, so range is not limited by the length of wires deploying from the
"gun."
The reporter makes this incredible comment about the improved range:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20028054-283.html
"Most incre
R value is thermal resistance in imperial/USC units. The equivalent in SI
is RSI, which is what is used in Canada. From Wikipedia:
Around most of the world, R-values are given in SI units, typically
square-metre kelvins per watt or m²·K/W (or equivalently to m²·°C/W). In the
United States cu
