...and just what is 'less accurate' about pounds, feet, cubic yards etc? The metric system (I use the term loosely) is ideal for those people who cannot do mental arithmetic and can only shift decimal points. All 'imperial' measurements can be defined just as the metre, kilogramme (and there is a dodgy one...)can be. Remember that the metre is originally based on (very) inaccurate French surveying techniques, a yard would do just as well. As a (somewhat middle-aged) physicist I'm perfectly happy with either system - although the imperial system is obviously better :-) . Just look what happened when NASA tried to use metric measurements for that Mars probe...... And does it really matter anyway?
Paul Reeves, G8GJA -----Original Message----- From: Jim Palfreyman [mailto:jim77...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 December 2011 09:28 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] gravity controlled pendulumn clock? Gentlemen, gentlemen and gentlemen! We are time-nuts. Accuracy is paramount. We are scientists. Please steer clear of pounds, feet, cubic yards and other such rubbish. Scientists speak in metric and so should you. Please. Jim On 13 December 2011 16:24, Don Latham <d...@montana.com> wrote: > > > >or you can use a cubic yard of plain sand, about 2700# (depends on > >how > moist it is) > -- > "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument > are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." > R. Bacon > "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." > Ghost in the Shell > > > Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL > Six Mile Systems LLP > 17850 Six Mile Road > POB 134 > Huson, MT, 59846 > VOX 406-626-4304 > www.lightningforensics.com > www.sixmilesystems.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. This email, including any attachment, is a confidential communication intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It contains information which is private and may be proprietary or covered by legal professional privilege. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender upon receipt, and immediately delete it from your system. Anything contained in this email that is not connected with the businesses of this company is neither endorsed by nor is the liability of this company. Whilst we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment to this email has been swept for viruses, we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses, and would advise that you carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
