----- Original Message ----- From: "David Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: [USMA:22058] Re: hPa and mbar
| | > | > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:10:21 | > G. Stanley Doore wrote: | > >Moving the decimal point is easy and Ok for those like you all | > who deal with | > >SI all of the time. | > > | > ?? Actually, dear Stan, it's 'easy and ok' for *everybody*! | > That's the exact beauty of the SI system, that it's for any and | > everyone, from the Joe Six Pack on the street to the Einstein in us. | > | | | SI is Joe Ten Pack, I believe. After 10 beers, Joe wouldn't know what a decimal point is! (Apologies to Joe Reid who wouldn't touch a Six Pack of course). Mike |
