I believe (but don't know for sure) that a technical barrier to trade is
defined as a requirement placed on an imported item that local domestic
manufacturers ans suppliers do not have to meet or adhere to. As long as ALL
manufacturers or suppliers have to meet a requirement, then it is not a
Jimmy Carter bringing metric burger to La Grange
http://www.enctoday.com/news/carter-72489-kfpress-land-press.html
Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr
Erie PA
Linux and Metric User and Enforcer
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we
dont have to wait til oil and coal
Japan is not the only one with runaway millisieverts, 5 times over capacity...
U.S. nuclear waste problem gains new scrutiny
Japan's nuclear accident has focused attention on the U.S. practice of packing
spent-fuel pools at power plants far beyond their capacity, which some
scientists call a seri
It appears to be more than just lots of millisieverts, spent rods exposed to the elements
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Some people just shouldn’t be in charge of high-risk nuclear facilities
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-22/nuclear-fallout-comes-with-aura-of-arrogance-mycle-schneider.html
Isn't "US Colonial" an oxymoron?
John F-L
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Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:10 PM
Subject: [USMA:50142] Re: 'Words' and their impact on metrication in the USA
Pierre,
Perhaps the CIPM and CIPM will add the bit and shannon, a
Pierre,
Perhaps the CIPM and CIPM will add the bit and shannon, and other IT names and
prefixes at some time in the future.
Again, I like the term "colonial" units or "US Colonial" units, to avoid
confusion with "British Colonial" units from nations other than USA, e.g. units
from India.
(Is t
Carleton,
I also like the derogatory tone and antiquity implication of your preferred
term "colonial units." However, the symbol CU means Champaign-Urbana locally.
Please do use your term "colonial units," written in full, to mean the same
*exclusions* as units "Outside SI" OSI.
Gene.
O
UK law seems to require billing and rates in units of kilowatt hours, so I
think this reporter was correct to focus on units required by law. However,
the article really isn't very clear, mostly because she uses "naked numbers"
with no units.
Numerous energy companies have information sheets
On Tuesday 22 March 2011 10:30:15 mech...@illinois.edu wrote:
> Bob, Tim, and Ron,
>
> Here is an even better acronym for units "Outside the SI" (OSI).
>
> OSI is shorter than USC, and shorter than inch-pound. Even if, by a typo
> error, OSI appears as 0SI (The zero "0 " is directly above O on mos
I still like "colonial units" - not only is it historically correct but it adds
just enough disdain to get the message across. And people outside our group
understand it.
Carleton
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From: mech...@illinois.edu
To: "U.S. Metric Association"
Sent: Tuesday,
To the extent that I have the time and diligence, I plan to monitor WTO-TBT and
US Federal Register postings to thwart acceptance of OSI units (units of
measurement Outside the SI) and to submit written comments in support of SI.
Can you join me in searching for Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT
Bob, Tim, and Ron,
Here is an even better acronym for units "Outside the SI" (OSI).
OSI is shorter than USC, and shorter than inch-pound. Even if, by a typo
error, OSI appears as 0SI (The zero "0 " is directly above O on most
keyboards.) it still conveys the same "0utside SI" meaning, and OSI
Doesn't the law in the UK REQUIRE billing in kilowatt-hours? If so, explaining
energy bills in joules will merely add another layer of confusion and
conversion.
Billing in joules would be fine, if legal, but it would seem that your issue is
with Parliament and not with the reporter.
Does Au
Pat,
Using the prefixes as you describe for joules, megajoules, etc.
would help people learn the practical application of prefixes.
Stan Doore
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ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
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