If we consider any such idea, then we should ensure that the centralized authority should use 1. km/l instead of l/100 km 2. yyyy-mm-dd date format.
Surely European city will not qualify for the headquarters of such an organization. Madan --- Ma Be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:21:31 -0700 > From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [USMA:19360] Hey, a new idea! > Organization: Angelfire > (http://email.angelfire.mailcity.lycos.com:80) > > Hello, folks, > > Please allow me to submit a new idea before you. > This whole debate I and Jim have been having on SI > frameworking got me thinking. > > How about we focus our efforts on getting countries > around the world to yield authority on the issue of > system of units to the "local" standards bodies, > which, evidently, in turn, would be subject to the > highest *international* authority on the issue, > BIPM, for example (given that this is a science > issue and science has NO frontiers, issues of > sovereignty should not be a concern). In other > words, when it comes to the use of units of > measurements, ALL stakeholders in the society should > use what such authoritative bodies would stipulate > as "legal". > > This is actually similar to how it is, for instance, > in my birthcountry, Brazil. This could be a > "backdoor" entrance to metrication in the US. > > That's how it would work. We would first get the > equivalent BIPM arm in the US to recognize ONLY SI > units as having any legal status. Secondly we would > do legislativewise what is necessary to give such > body full authority on this. The argument for this > implementation would be obvious. Since units of > measurements ARE the *unquestionable* domain of > science, it would only make sense to yield power and > authority on this to those professionals in this > area. > > It's not like this would be a first or unheard of. > We already do this for things like safety, > environment, etc. Therefore, why not extend this to > units of measurement? > > Comments anyone, please? Thanks for your feedback. > > Marcus > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
