Someone has responded to my Times letter, copying it to me:
Metric measurement has been legal in this country for over a century. Many
of us, the overwhelming majority in fact, do not wish to avail ourselves of
its supposed advantages but prefer to muddle along with the inefficient
imperial
2000-12-31
In responses seen in discussion groups, such as deja, it isn't enough that
they can still use imperial, even though the measuring devices now show
metric. Whenever it is pointed out to these people that they can still ask
for imperial sizes, the response is never "I know", or "Yes,
Thanks for those kind and generous words, Gene.
Jim
Gene Mechtly wrote:
Good work, Jim! You have earned much of the credit for pressing JSC
to use SI in status reports intended for the public (for your physics
students in particular, as a very effective justification).
Gene.
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Duncan Bath wrote:
What about 7.5 Mg?
Duncan,
Forget Mg where there is almost no established traditional usage.
7.5 tons (where one ton is *defined* as 1000 kg) is much better for *large
multiples of the SI unit of mass (kg)*, in accord with established usage.
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:36:13 -0500
From: Henry Oppermann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OWM Strategic Plan (fwd)
Dear Eugene,
Thank you for your message and your feedback on our SI practices and the
focus group for
Oh.
However, the Mg IS true SI; the tonne (sometimes spelled ton) is a 'tag'
(and a handy one) for the Mg [a bit like the litre - a convenient 'tag' for
the dm^3; the hectare - a 'tag' for the hm^2]
Duncan
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From: Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Duncan Bath
The TABD has made much of allowing exports to the US to be allowed
dual-labelling. I thought I'd post an interesting observation.
Today we visited the 'Nature in Art' permanent exhibition near where I
live in Gloucestershire. They have a small shop selling various cards,
posters, etc. as well as
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:39:25 -0500, "James R. Frysinger"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris, I've tried both of your addresses to send you a note of
congratulations; both bounced my email. Still, to quote my original
attempts,
Excellent letter here, Chris! Well done, and congratulations on their
Letter to THE TIMES, Dec 20:
It was disappointing to see a member of the Economics Department of a
University (a "Dr." at that) who is so negative re the world-standard,
rational, SYSTEM of measures known as SI.
I have to wonder whether this attitude would (if it could) support a return
to ye
Are you sure the box showed "Kg," rather than "kg?" Procter and Gamble is
usually more careful than that.
Of course, some of us on this list (including me) would like to see D, H and
K, rather than da, h and k, simply to be consistent with the other
multiplier prefixes -- M, G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
I can settle this debate.
http://www.win.net/dorsea/nehager/metric/tide_tablets.jpg
Nat
Are you sure the box showed "Kg," rather than "kg?" Procter and Gamble is
usually more careful than that.
Yesterday in a K-Mart (in Washington DC Metro) store I
saw the tide detergent box.
The Tide box says: 3kg
... just like that. Lower case, no space. Big letters.
wombat in small characters, below. 3kg big and readable. Wombat not.
I know, because as we speak I'm doing the laundry, and using that box.
Carleton
Hi
Nat is correct. By 'Kg' I only meant to say metric
is in big font.
I made a mistake by writing 'Kg' instead of 'kg'.
Regards
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I can settle this
In a message dated 2000-12-23 13:00:15 Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
2000-12-23
Speaking of cold weather. Our night time temperatures for the past few
days
have been near -20°C and daytime at -10°C. My USMA thermometer hanging on
the window outside is showing
Even though it's all the same $0.10/liter
chemicals, with varying amounts of
perfume and marketing hype.
Dear Nat and All,
Wouldn't it be better to write this as 0.10 $/L
rather than $0.10/liter.
My suggestion is based on:
+ The symbol '$' is a well known and accepted unit
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