So long as we understand and are clear in 'differentiating' between *Decimal and Metric*, things are OK. But, there is bound to a furter delay if we insist to 'keep the confusion on minds'!
Brij
From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "Don Hillger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [USMA:23193] Re: Drudge 24 h format Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:30:29 +0800No, Brij, I read all e-mails first before deleting them. The issue of defining Time in the SI system is fait accompli. It's 60,60,24 and that's it. USMA is there to IMPLEMENT the SI system, not to change it, so please let's not clutter up the list with philosophy, religion and abstract stuff. Stick to how we can get companies, media and education metricated in the US. If you're more interested in metricating time then join http://www.aatideas.org Regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [USMA:23193] Re: Drudge 24 h format | Hi Mike: | I think I have harped enough, in differentiating between *Metric and | Decimal*. I assume you have been deleting mail without reading. Here is food | for thought: | "Metric, pertaining to or of the metre; -system, decimal measuring system | with the metre, & litre and the gram determined by it, as the units of | length, capacity and weight; the prefixing to the metre etc., of the Greek | derived 'deca-, hecto-, kilo-'denoting multiplication | by 10,100,1000 as in kilometre of 1000 metres; that of Latin derived | 'deci-, centi-, milli-, denoting division by 10, 100, 1000 as in decilitre, | one-tenth of a litre". | Why do you wish to continue with the 'confusion' between *decimals and | metric*? Naturally, US is not limited to YOU only. | Brij B. Vij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Subject: [USMA:23193] Re: Drudge 24 h format | >Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:22:29 +0800 | > | >Marcus and Brij, | > | >You guys can forget about metricating time - we are stuck with the 24hr | >format. We have a hard enough job converting the US with the accepted units | >in the SI system without complicating things by adding Time to it. | > | >Of course, by rights Time should be decimalised, and they tried to do that | >in France when the metric system was first drawn up but IT WAS TOO | >DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT. | > | >So let's drop the subject from our list and create a separate list just for | >that subject if you want to push metric time. Don't use this one. | > | >Mike Joy | > | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:52 AM | >Subject: [USMA:23146] Re: Drudge 24 h format | > | > | >| I do understand you were just trying to remind folks of why you (still | >seem to, anyways...) defend the use of the number 24 for number of hours in | >a day. However, I feel I must also 'remind' folks here why this proposal | >CANNOT be defended by SI supporters. | >| | >| While even in your proposal one does not see the *necessity* for a change | >to the size of the meter, the fact of the matter is that 24 is NOT DECIMAL. | >Therefore, by this factor ALONE this proposal is flawed. | >| | >| What we would need (IF we are to fix the time framework) is to | >**DECIMALIZE** the time construct *COMPLETELY* to bring it in line with SI | >decimal principles. NOTHING short of that can be acceptable, *period*!!! | >| | >| Marcus | >| | >| On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 01:56:56 | >| Brij Bhushan Vij wrote: | >| >Mike and friends: | >| >Man has been stuck to use 24hx60mx60s clock because of its ease with | >which | >| >to know 'position of zodiacs and stars' as they imbed into us through | >| >astrologers and forecast experts (in a way to make their fair bread). | >This | >| >ease has been because the number '60' is rationally divisible by | >| >2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30 and 24-hour 'zones' in time keeping. | >| >I have often been questioned why *this half hearted* approach, in my | >| >attempts to 'decimalise Time i.e. 24hx100mdx100sd or defining decimal | >| >second to be 1/240000th of the atomic day'? As mentioned in my several | >| >posts; any new interval for time shall have to be linked with a | >'compatible' | >| >length unit - in the proposed case 1.11194886884 times the present | >Metre, to | >| >link with Nautical astronomy/distances'. | >| > I hope this make sense! Regards, | >| >Brij B. Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | _________________________________________________________________ | Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. | http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail | |
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