The idiot doing the posting knows nothing about prefixes. So if he wants to write kilometer he shows it as "k/m". Millimeter would be "m/m". Just plain meter has no prefix, but this messes up his little system, so he shows it as "-/m" meaning there is no prefix.
Carleton > > In my ignorance, can some one tell me what "-/m" means? > Thanks, > Marion Moon > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My posting on http://www.metricsucks.com on the use of the aquare foot and > square metre by realtors. > > The claim that the square foot is used by realtors all over the world is > false. > In mainland Europe the square metre and the hectare are used for measuring and > > selling property and the same is valid for all countries that have been using > > the metric system for some generations. > > The square metre is unusable.... what poppycock. > > This gobbledygook is totally beyond me. What does that 1.333... nonsense > mean? > > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a > > 1.3333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a > etc. > > And why this stupid -/m stuff. THIS IS TOTALLY FALSE. THE SYMBOL FOR METRE IS > a > lower case m without a period. > > BTW: NERE W&M have been dead since 1840. Then the Napoleonic system of weights > > and measures, established in 1812 and using old Paris units and metric > standards was replaced by the metric system proper in France. > NERE W&M are dead, but since 1893 we have NEARE > Napoleon Emperor's Republic of America Weights and Measures, otherwise called > > United States Customary Units, based on Old-English units and metric > standards. > Yes, Napoleons weights and measures are alive and kicking in the USA!!!!!! > > Han Maenen, from the metric Netherlands > Up Metric! > > > > > Tony, > > > Regarding your bullet-in-board of June 13th > > @ 12.46 a.m. quoting the United Kingdom of > > Ulster & Grand Breton 'Estates Gazette' > > of May 15th. > > > "In real estate and building rentals at > > least, the sq. -/m is going the way of the > > stt.po. of 16 1/2' that older readers will > > remember from the back of school books. > > Folks simply do not talk in square metre'. > > They talk in square feet. Realtors do it. > > Owners and renters do it. Even qualified > > investment managers do so. So let's talk, > > and write, in sq.'." > > > Tony, realtors do not use the sq. -/m in the > > U.K. for exactly the same reason that > > realtors throughout the world do not use the > > sq. -/m. The sq. -/m is unusable. > > > All realtors, in all countries of the world, > > use the square foot, or something based on > > the square foot. > > > Most Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe > > Weights & Measures are difficult, but > > not impossible, to use. But the sq. -/m is > > just impossible to use in superficial > > measure. > > * incredible nonsense > > > The nere scheme descended into gobbledygook > > when it supposedly created its' NERE > > Superficial Measure. If you look at it you > > can see that it doesn't measure anything. > > > 43,560 sq.' = 4840 sq.yd. > > 43,560 sq.' = 1210 sq.fth. > > 43,560 sq.' = 160 stt.sq.po. > > 43,560 sq.' = 16 stt. pennylands > > 43,560 sq.' = 10 stt.sq.ch. > > 43,560 sq.' = 4 stt. roods > > 43,560 sq.' = 1 stt. acre > > > 348,480 sq.' = 38,720 sq.yd. > > 348,480 sq.' = 9680 sq.fth. > > 348,480 sq.' = 1280 stt.sq.po. > > 348,480 sq.' = 128 stt. pennylands > > 348,480 sq.' = 80 stt.sq.ch. > > 348,480 sq.' = 32 stt. roods > > 348,480 sq.' = 8 stt. acres > > 348,480 sq.' = 1 stt.ml. (superficial) > > > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a > > 13.333333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a > > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a > > 133.33333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a > > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 -/a > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 da/a > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 h/a > > 1333.3333 sq. -/m does not equal 1 k/a > > > Info @ > > > http://www.weights-and-measures.com > > > And topics: > > > Common Superficial Measure > > Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe > > Decadent Superficial Measure > > > >
