Stephen Humphreys wrote:
1) He was completely rude in his email - which is hardly a good way of
advocating metric.
I noticed that, but mostly it's the sole way to talk to ignorants
2) The timing of the email was quite sensitive, being on the anniversary
of his friend's (a 'metric martyr') death.
Stephen Humphreys wrote:
I fear you have totally missed the point.
probably, I read it briefly!
enlighten me then.
thx
Mike
Michael-O wrote:
[..]
He's right especially som any british scientists were honored and people
are rejecting it.
sorry, typo here:
He's right especially the point that british scientists were honored and
people
are rejecting it.
[..]
Kent K. Steinbrenner wrote:
Interesting article in /The Independent /on Wednesday, about a Eurocrat
in Brussels who sent an offensively-worded e-mail to one of the “Metric
Martyrs.” Although I’d be one of the first people to defend the
increasing use of SI in the U.K., or the U.S., or anywhere
Pierre Abbat wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunam
It's also spelled "dönüm", which sounds Turkish. The Hebrew version of the
article states that it comes from Turkish. This brings up two questions:
1. Why does a metric unit have a name of Turkish origin?
bye the number it is "metric" but it i
Jason Darfus wrote:
May I suggest a visit to Symantec's free virus scanner. This will only
tell you if you're infected; it won't clean your system.
http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?
productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
your link is broken!
If you are infected with one of the more pro
John Woelflein wrote:
The signs used at present (for mph) *are* in the "international" style.
See attachment.
thx, how will km/h signs differ?
km/h label beneath?
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Will signs be in international look?
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David King wrote:
I think most people who want to keep the pint are afraid of getting less
beer -- there really is too much obesession with beer amongst the
British working classes!
David King
well, I can reply is:
Beer for the stupid masses, wine for the privileged.
this is absolutely lame and
David King wrote:
Bwma are very proud of that statistic. however, the question was, should
the UK go TOTALLY metric? And if 93% said no, then they are not
necessarily opposed to the metric system, as they may be people who want
metric in many things but want to keep pints of beer.
I don't get i
Michael-O wrote:
Chris KEENAN wrote:
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2922746
great article.
seems like Briton reject them and their history!
sorry, typo!
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Chris KEENAN wrote:
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2922746
great article.
seems like Briton reject them and their history!
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Howard Ressel wrote:
Funny, I just read a Science Fiction alternate history book which takes
place in 2005 where in Germany won WWII. The book makes specific mention
how England (under German rule) was forced to go to the metric system
by.. the Nazi's.
additionally Hitler would force UK to switch
Nat Hager III wrote:
I'm sure everyone's following the successful test of the hypersonic
aircraft yesterday, at speeds up to 8,000 km/h Mach 7:
not really fast, flying only 8 kilometers per hour exactly -> 8,000 km/h
my car goes 140 km/h
so, what's so special?
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I am surprised!
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Jim Elwell wrote:
At 28 02 04, 07:40 AM, Michael-O wrote:
[...]
Another good reason to avoid Outlook & Outlook express is that, since
they are by far the most popular email programs, a lot of virus and
hacking activity is aimed directly at them, but is ineffective against
other email prog
Bill Potts wrote:
Michael Ossipov wrote:
"Don't punish others, don't use MS clients like Outlook/Outlook Express."
Perhaps you could explain this note at the end of your messages.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
Yes, I can.
MS Clients produce broken quotes,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello one and All!
Anyone have any
effective ideas that would make other people join in the active campaign for US
Metrication?
add this
Metric: FFU:
10 m4,37"
25,3 cm 1,78"
10 mm 1045,345 yards
12,48
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello one and all!
to the metric system--with the exeption of football.
what's the matter with??
100 meter would be fine!
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2004 February 24
Two years ago when I went to the doctor's office I got on the scale,
looked it the beam, saw it had two sets of notches and two engravings
to read; pounds and kilograms.
I set the weight in the 50 kg notch and read the balance number f
John S. Ward wrote:
This is off topic, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about the ISO date
and time formats. I recommend everyone to read the summary on the ISO web
site:
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/datesandtime.html
The format including both date & time is:
-
Nat Hager III wrote:
A couple mentions this morning...
Nat
Initial applicants to Siemens Diesel lacked a variety of skills. All
of Siemens' precision work involves the metric system, which many
applicants didn't understand and couldn't convert.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thest
sorry, this is no more than the average and stupid opponent *shit*
they all will die someday *harhar*
Bill Hooper wrote:
No, Michael, I am not personally offended by the display for a woman's
breast or many other sexually suggestive acts. (I myself won a dance
contest with topless dancers at a Paris night club a few years ago.) The
difference here is that the audience was predictably composed
p
Bill Hooper wrote:
Dear friends,
I know this is not metric, but the issue has been raised on this list so
please bear with me as I reply on this list.
[bla bla]
I don't understand this at all, what's so special about a naked breast
on TV?? Why do Americans always make noise about it???
It's li
oh no, not again "kph"
Let's hope this false view won't prevail!
, some strange thing are going on with me in the last couple of
weeks, forgetting English, learning Spanish, very strange.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
thx for your input
-Original Message-
From: Michael-O [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, Feb
Bill Potts wrote:
I note that, at the end of the article, they talk about speed limit signs
saying "80kph." I hope that will be "80 km/h."
I guess that will be rater knots per hour *LOL*
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G. Stanley Doore wrote:
PATH demonstrates automated bus rapid transit (A-BRT) technologies.
A recent PATH publication shows the Driver Vehicle Interface (DVI), a
display. Distances, such as between vehicles in transit, are given in
meters; however speeds are in mph for practical reasons - the
Michael-O wrote:
Joseph B. Reid wrote:
I also have today received numerous virus messages that my system
forwarded to non-existent addresses.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Unbelievable*
A bag of rice felt down in China today!
bye
sorry
Joseph B. Reid wrote:
I also have today received numerous virus messages that my system
forwarded to non-existent addresses.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Unbelievable*
A bag of rice felt down in China today!
bye
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Chimpsarecute wrote:
No. Research has shown people can respond to a temperature change of
1°C at the minimum.
Euric
I would totally agree with.
I can really estimate which temperature I have in my room, I prefer most
of the time chilled temps.
18° to 21° is quite fine.
In my opinion, Cels
Bill and/or Barbara Hooper wrote:
Michael-O wrote:
Keep it simple stupid :-D!!
applies perfectly for plain-text mails
to which I would reply "Not when plain mail can't do the job without
errors". :-p
Simple is no good when it is simply wrong.
If plain text can't
btw, there is a good idiom for in english
Keep it simple stupid :-D!!
applies perfectly for plain-text mails
bye
Bill Potts wrote:
> Thank you so much for sharing that with us, Michael.
>
> Seriously, though, I opposed the use of HTML emails on this list for
> a long time -- simply because several participants had no HTML
> capability in their email software. However, over time, as people
> have upgraded or
I do not use HTML mails at all
I cannot find the source right now but HTML mails are generally unwanted in
internet.
bye
Bill Potts wrote:
> Well, the article starts with a misspelling of Protagoras (twice) and
> goes downhill from there.
>
> By the way, this was an occasion where it would have
Michael-O wrote:
> I suppose *no one* on this list will agree you.
>
> We do *not* need a new meter nor a nautical kilometer.
>
> what we need is the a quick transition to gon: 2pi = 400 gon (*no*
> min or s anymore)
> for convenience you can use then centigon, milligo
Han Maenen wrote:
> There is no reason at all for a 'nautical mile' (and no nautical
> kilometer either), the GPS system makes it possible to do away with
> it and to use the kilometer for all measurements of distance. Before
> World War Two aircraft navigation in Mainland Europe, Latin America
> a
Brian White wrote:
> Yea...I have no problem keeping aviation and maritime using nautical
> (air) miles.
>
>
but I do and others too.
In times of GPS, I guess there is no need for thr NM anymore!
or is it?
bye
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/kilometer_zero.html
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0251777/
what I have noticed in spain, kilometer is mostly wrote 'Km' bad!
watch the trailer!
John S. Ward wrote:
> Scanner and printer resolutions are similar. Even in France, "600
> DPI" is translated "600 PPP" for "points par pouce." No attempt to
> quote resolutions in metric units. I consider this to be a simple
> artifact that computers were developed mostly in the U.S. rather than
same as TV screens, cited always in centimeters but if you look of the
model of the TV you will mostly see: 28, 32, 36
disappointing!
- Original Message -
From:
Han
Maenen
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:10
PM
Subject: [USMA:27097] R
http://us.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/25/sprj.colu.station.warning.ap/index.html
what do you think??
bye
I would favorize in metric signs international signs *only*!!!
bye
Michael Payne wrote:
> Reference the message from Phil Chernack below, This amendment
> changes the language of Table 2 to read``MPH, or MPH and km/h''.
> Which would agree with the "Law" below. I would imagine that a law
> would
otball
>
>
> Most stadiums would have to be drastically altered to fit a 120 by 50
> meter field.
>
>>>> "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/08/03 04:55AM >>>
> I dont see a reason not to move football to metric
>
> length 100 yards to
I dont see a reason not to move football to metric
length 100 yards to 100 meters
width 160 feet to 50 meters
every 10 meters a line!
Han Maenen wrote:
> American football in Europe uses yards, it simply follows the
> original rules of the game. That is a reason why I hope that it will
> not cat
Unfortunately Yards!
bye
john mercer wrote:
> Hello I have a question. The national Football League has a league
> in Europe called N F L Europe. Does anyone know if N F L Europe use
> yards or meters in their games?
this is quite nice!
I think a more detail view on the affection on the finacial situation would
be helpful.
In anything else I wouldn't go more in detail in the first letter.
But I would encourage him to abolish am/pm and think about date notation.
don't forget other areas besided SI, which is li
I forgot, the in turn of metric road signs, I would strongly encourage the
US to adopt exclusively int'l road signs.
Bob Price wrote:
> I am writing a letter to lobby for metrication to my state's senators
> and local representative. I would like your help. I am attaching a
> copy of the letter
Gene Mechtly wrote:
> John,
>
> The "SI Unit" of area is the meter squared. The "hectare" is in
> Table 8. of the BIPM Brochure on the SI under the heading "Other
> non-SI units currently accepted for use with the International System
> of Units."
> The units in table 8 are deprecated by the com
BUT why do only Americans say Month Day and the the stupid comma before the
year?
almost all other nations says day month year.
I don't say in german: Juli 4.
I say: 4. Juli
long version
4. Juli 2004 wird kommen
and not 4. Juli, 2004
who invented that stupidity w/ the comma?
bye
Bill Potts wr
Hi,
FYI in german there is still a word which calls ZOLLSTOCK!
It is a foldable stick which reads in centimeters only, only the name
survived but the inches are gone a century ago!
bye
WOMBAT is the best for!
Waste of money and time!
there is no more to say!
Hillger, Don wrote:
> Laura,
>
> There is no single official name for the units currently used by most
> Americans. Those units evolved over time and are not necessarily a
> "system" that was thought out logically, but o
>He went on to say
> that some of the kids don't really understand inches and feet and
> only know metric! (This is suburban Maryland, remember!)
wow, this is terrific and gorgeous
hope this will spread!
SWEET but I can get you millions of them here in germany :D
Brian J White wrote:
> Found this on ebay looking for something else. Thought someone may be
> interested.
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2553790014&category=25399
Hi,
just seen a vote which asked which 1ß Britons are the greatest.
guess, who was number one!
Isaac Newton!!!
bye
Carl Sorenson wrote:
> Michael wrote:
>> How can someone just waste priceless clean water!
>
> Water is not priceless. It has a price of less than a dollar a liter
> at my grocery store, and a thousand times less from the tap.
> (Although, since water is included in my rent, it is actually free
>
I know that :D
just prefer the -er spelling! :D
Joseph B. Reid wrote:
> Michael Ossipov wrote in USMA 2664:
>
>> just read some atricles.
>>
>> 100 % metric!!
>>
>> Yah BUT using -re notation.
>>
>> bye
>>
>>
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=3897&sub=Security%20an
just read some atricles.
100 % metric!!
Yah BUT using -re notation.
bye
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/tech/article.jsp?id=3897&sub=Security%20and%20Defence
How can someone be so ignorant:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6556100.htm
Q: What's wrong with the power grid?
A: The aging grid has been overtaxed by consumers and businesses demanding
ever more power for air conditioners, computers and the like. Altogether,
the av
Look down at the page:
Dernière modification de cette page : 2003-06-25
ins't this great!
John Woelflein wrote:
> Look at this Quebec web site and the use of M$ in the link:
>
> http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.asp
>
> Never saw that one before.
>
>
>
> John Woelflein
>
>
>
> -
CONCLUSION:
French were always more sophisticated than English.
Have you ever seen English money, then you undersand why only this nation
could have invented the FFU.
bye
John Woelflein wrote:
> Look at this Quebec web site and the use of M$ in the link:
>
> http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.a
nd travel, then you'll learn a little.
>
>
> -- Original Message ---
> From: "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:11:09 +0200
> Subject: [USMA:26573] Re
It even converts with a decimal comma!
hi hi
Brian White wrote:
> Duh..that's because you quoted a Canadian news report from the CBC.
>
I know about the celsius but the resT?
I don't understand why canada and other commonwealth countries still stuck
to AM/PM
even in UK 24 h is spreading
bye
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/14/power_030814
check the top time!
it's 24 h clock
in the text unfortunately pm
but at the bottom
30 Celsius!
bye
I) since then?
makes no sense for me. Same as the US signed the Meter Convention.
>
> Last but not least, I can not see what is wrong with present day
> English money.
>
Ever seen the coins?
*Personally*, I don't like monarchy at all and I don't like to see a drag
queen ev
?
bye
>
> Atleast they have different colors for different sets
> of coins and that is good.
>
> Madan
> --- Terry Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Michael-O wrote:
>>> CONCLUSION:
>>> French were always more sophisticated than English.
>
I was talking about the coins only, I've never seen the bills and I hope I
*will* never see them!
ok ok, the Imperial System has been invented in England?
bye
Terry Simpson wrote:
> Michael-O wrote:
>> CONCLUSION:
>> French were always more sophisticated than English.
>
(Although "Pat Naughty" has a certain charm.)
I like it too :D
disappointing and then
January 2006 nationwide metric transition!
ha ha
Nat Hager III wrote:
> The only positive thing I see in this is that 14 states are still
> using metric or dual units, as of October 2002.
>
> Nat
>
>
> http://www.odot.state.or.us/techserv/engineer/pdu/Metric%20to%20eng
isn't it agains the law to use Fahrenheit?
Is it pursued with death?
Han Maenen wrote:
> Irish Times today. It shows that the Fahrenheit scale is still very
> much alive in the UK. It always seems to crop up when it gets hot in
> the summer. So in winter people may say that it is 5 degrees below
>
Hi,
I am wondering what you people think of the best metrication process.
How elaborated should it be?
Is metrication the pure measuring or a way of life?
This idea came to me as Bill (?) said, that metric (int'l) roadsigns aren't
a part of SI/metrication.
Here is my point of view:
It is not t
Terry Simpson wrote:
> www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26211-2003Aug6.html
where's the metric part or did I missed something??
bye
use it's just a rule of thumb, it is, in any case, only a
> best-case approximation.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Behalf Of Michael-
Hi,
sometimes I watch some documentaries about the technology deployed by the us
military.
Actually, the original voice is turned down but I can still alsmost only
FFU.
WHY??
bye
> Once Britain is fully metricated, our descendents will make a similar
> assumption and imagine that Americans invented them.
once? yes, good question!
I see litte effort from the British side.
I don't understand the stupid pint beer and milk law. This is not a
progressive think!
bye
this system is out of date today -> use BMI
BMI = mass/hight in m²
e.g. 90/1,85² = 26,3
Slightly overweighted
bye
Pat Naughtin wrote:
> Dear paul,
>
> Have you heard of a 'Rule of thumb' that says that your ideal body
> mass is equal to your height minus a metre. Say thast you are 1.85
> metr
100 % ACK
"Celsius, you lunatic" that's great
hear in Berlin, the heat is unbearable -> 35 °C -> scientists say the global
warming is causing this
sweating my ass away :-D
Han Maenen wrote:
> Very funny! Even more so as Europe is exploding with heat at present.
> Temperatures in many parts are
te or local regulations.
> I suspect that half liters and liters may very well be permitted.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Beh
can you figure out why beer is excepted? just like in the UK
Terry Simpson wrote:
> Beer laws are separate from the FPLA. I did some research a while
> back to get beer law to parallel the FPLA changes but did not get
> very far. Is anyone else interested?
ion is
> legitimate, in this case, in that it allows a comparison with U.S.
> industry standards.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
hhh, plz not again
so much WOMBAT on this page, I had to puke!
bye
Bill Potts wrote:
> I just did a Google search with the following argument: 9/10 gasoline
> pricing.
>
> One of the hits,
> http://www.users.qwest.net/~taaaz/AZgas.html#A%20LITTLE%20HISTORY, is
> a very interesting discussi
Hi,
I have to tell you regretly that I am *not* going to the US because the US
Embassy in berlin rejected my application and the clerk was pretty conceit
and didn't want to give me the VISA anyway.
bye
Brian J White wrote:
> It's not false, it's just a shortened term for gasoline.
> I hope you knew that and were just being overly picky.
>
he he -> 100 % ACK
Yes, I knew!
> At 20:31 2003-07-20 +0200, Michael-O wrote:
>> I know but I don't like to us
lvent, a cleaner, and a building
> block in the manufacture of plastics.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Behalf Of Michael-O
&
Hi,
just seen a movie on TV, guess 15 years old.
They drove to a gas station where prices showed 33,9 Cent and 31,9 Cent.
I guess it is price by liter, isn't it?
bye
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/11/britain.matterscope.reut/index.html
I can
Terry Simpson wrote:
> I would like to find out how many people are capable of *posting* to
> usenet so that we can vote on set up a metric system newsgroup. Many
> people here support the idea but failed to vote and we were defeated
> by a narrow margin.
>
> 1. If you can post, send me a
> I REALLY don't care if the 'Babylonian units' could be 'neatly
> divided', it's STILL the same ilch as 12-3-1760 thing for linear
> measurements of the "wonderful" ifp "system"!...
>
> Sorry, but NOTHING out of decimal would EVER satisfy me. Even though
> I know I may not be alive when I see th
Hi,
I'll probably spend my summer in NYC at my uncle's. Will be in Brooklyn 10
Aug thru 15 Sep.
I will always use metric and will see how Americans and native metricants
like Russians react.
Someone lives in the NYC Metro area?
bye
Original Message -----
> From: "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 1:32 AM
> Subject: my comments
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to enlighten you.
>>
>> you are the biggest and
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Dear Mike & John
I wouldn't use 0,8 km, I would always write 800 m, you have to scale
between 1 and 1000
btw, you'll never see any decimal distance signs in germany either you see
full kilometer or e.g. 2200 m instead of 2,2 km.
bye
PS: John, are you german?
-Ursprüngliche Nachr
What I forgot!
I truly believe that the modern metric system *is* in the interest of
America's way of life
It is all about the freedom to measure, it is about that you can solve every
measurement problem where others fail.
Freedom for life - Freedom to measure!
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote:
> De
Michael-O wrote:
> Well said!
>
> as for myself, after 6 month of the Euro I have completely forgotten
> the DEM and can not compare prices in the old currency!
>
> more than 300 million people took a new currency, many regret but
> most will see in 5 to 10 years that this c
www.iaaf.org
look down how they write "km".
bye
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