Bruce, that phrase, "Information on the World Wide Web ought to be in World Wide Units", is going to be a classic. May I use it? Jim On Tuesday 29 May 2001 1526, Bruce Raup wrote: > This exchange is in reverse chronological order. > Web site in question is at http://www.analyticalsci.com/. > > --Bruce > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 19:07:14 -0500 > From: Jim Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Bruce Raup' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Units of measure in your web site > > Thanks for your suggestion. We are planning on redoing the site and I > will be sure to instruct the people responsible for accomplishing the > task to put both metric and equalivant in the descriptions. > > Jim Aldrich > Analytical Scientific, Ltd. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Raup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 2:24 PM > To: Jim Aldrich > Subject: Units of measure in your web site > > > Dear Jim Aldrich: > > I happily discovered your web site recently, and have enjoyed > perusing its pages. I expect I will succumb to temptation sometime > soon and become a customer. > > However, while looking at your optics page (and possibly others), I > was disappointed to see dimensions of many products given only in > English units. As you know, science throughout the world -- even the > US -- is done in SI units. With pressures stemming from > international trade and elsewhere, it is inevitable that the US > generally will follow the science sector's lead and convert to > metric. The auto industry, for example, has already done so. > > I write to urge you to take a leadership stance and use metric units > for product specifications on your web site, or, at the very least, > give metric equivalents for English-sized products. Information on > the World Wide Web ought to be in World Wide Units. > > Thanks, > Bruce -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
