To all,
According to that splendid metric weather site Weatherchannel there is a
heatwave going on in The Hague, Netherlands. It is 40 degrees there at
present Read their newsitem about the climate conference,
Han
Delegates not biking to climate conference
Wed Nov 15 2000 3:31pm EDT
I have found conclusive evidence that the metric system is very old
indeed. See here the plan of Avebury Henge, specified in metric units. I
wonder if Vivian Linacre knows how long these units have been used on
British soil?
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~aburnham/eng/aveb.htm
Jim
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Metric
To all,
I just sent a feedback criticism in which I told CNN the kilometers per hour
is NOT kph, but rather km/h.
Norm
- Original Message -
From: "Bob Price" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 2000November13 18:21
Subject: [USMA:9172] RE: CNN shame
2000-10-17
Does anyone know anything about Satellite dishes? Are they metric in design
and manufacture and just soft converted to FFU? Is the 20 inch Satellite
list below really a soft conversion of 50 cm. I remember when I was in
Germany in the early 1990's, that 60 cm satellite dishes were
200-11-17
Even if Buchanan is an isolationist, he would be a hypocrite if he was
anti-metric and pro-FFU. FFU is an imported unit hodge-podge. No American
invented it. If you are against metric because of its foreign origins, then
you have to be against FFU as well. But then if he was
The diameter of the dish is not precise.
Typically, anything in the 50 cm to 60 cm range is fine. Although the use of
FFU units is dumb for other reasons, it really doesn't make much difference
in this case.
I suggest a Google search with the argument: satellite dish 50 cm.
Bill Potts, CMS
San
Yawn
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of kilopascal
Sent: November 17, 2000 19:49
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:9230] RE: (off topic) Re: the election
Sorry, John, I don't go back quite that far.
Jim
kilopascal wrote:
2000-11-17
Just goes to prove, you can describe ancient wonders in metric, even if
metric was unheard of at that time. But, I'll bet the present day imperial
was not used either in that time. Especially if these
