Bearing in mind, however, that the kW*h AND the J are, for various
reasons, both current on the SI side. Of course, one does not need a
'little black book'' in order to find the number of seconds in a minute nor
the number of minutes in an hour.
Duncan
-Original Message-
From:
We can thank the anti-nuclear zealots for at least some of the steep
increases in natural gas prices. More and more, natural gas is being used
in central generating stations for the production of electricit. This
increases the demand for natural gas at an unnatural rate. Thank the Sierra
Club
Bill Potts wrote:
Gustaf Sjoberg wrote:
It is obvious that pro-metric people stab theirselves in the back ...
Gustaf:
The English expression is "shoot themselves in the foot."
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
Yeah, yeah, whatever...
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Gustaf,
You have been had by the BWMA propaganda.
No absolutely not. I'm just as pro-metric as you are.
But I'm also interested in implementing it the way I and people in common seem to
want it to be. Then maybe people would like it and it would gain ground. Don't
2001-03-04
I don't know what all the fuss is about. So what if packages show only
millilitres or grams . It is so easy to convert to centilitres, or
decilitres in ones mind, without the aid of a calculator. The choice of
units in groups of thousands comes from engineering practice. It allows
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From: "Chris Howell" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "ukma discussion list" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 2001-03-04 12:20
Subject: RE: [ukma] Fw: [USMA:11420] Re: From tonight's Sunderland Echo...
;-)
Perhaps the TSO who was so criticised for taking two policemen with him
Steve,
I can quote the International Standard Atmosphere, generally used to
calibrate instruments for aircraft. It is 15 C at sea level pressure of
1013,2 hPa, with a temperature drop of 6,5 C per 1000 m altitude to 11 km
where it's assumed to remain constant at -56,5 C. Humidity is unknown by
I got a video tape at Home Despot that shows how to install Pergo (yes,
this will happen to you too). For the uninitiate, Pergo is a laminate
floor covering. It is from Sweden, and is manufactured in metric units.
The video does mention metric units, such as "start 8 inches, or 20
centimeters,
Gene Mechtly wrote:
Another source of the same Order which might be more clear (but
without President Bush's signature) is
http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/pub814.htm.
There's now a link to that page from SI Navigator's Political Action page
(http://metric1.org/action.htm).
Please
Hi Gustaf
I am staying in USA and in a recent visit to a Korean
grocery shop, I found some items labelled in Korean
language alone without a single word in English.
Yet I can recognise the measures written as "500 ml",
"250 g", etc. Dont ask how can I buy such a product
without reading the
Dear John and All,
Anna's statement (below) is probably representative of most younger
Australians.
Some, much older, Australian's probably remember the last time they measured
their height - many years ago - in feet and inches. My mother-in-law, for
instance, remembers her height in feet and
Dear Joe,
People are, and have always been comfortable with mountain heights - up to
29,012 feet, flight details that includes heights such as 35,000 feet, and
ocean depths such as 20,000 Leagues.
To say that they are now uncomfortable with large numbers (because they are
associated with SI) is
Dear Han and All,
It's a bit of a waste of time responding to this rubbish, but I couldn't
help myself, and I have interspersed some remarks.
on 2001-03-03 19.23, Han Maenen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I found this message about Australia and the crazy answer of an American
following. I
Dear Duncan and All,
I suspect that the power rating of the super-trolley was supplied by the
trolley's owners (from The USA) and the innumerate reporter was unable to
change it into metric or SI units. On the other hand they were able to
convert 14 feet into 4.2 m.
All, and I repeat all,
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:15:07 +1100, Pat Naughtin wrote:
This is not true of anywhere that I know. Outside towns speed limits are
either 100 km/h, or on a few of the major highways, 110 km/h.
Outside of towns, motorways in Northern Australia generally do not have a
speed limit; of course,
Since the only vehicle that can be correctly called a "trolley" is a type
that actually has one (streetcar/light rail vehicle) or two (electric trolley
bus), the power would naturally be electricity, and therefore easy to measure
in kilowatts. Normal line voltage is 600 volts DC, sometimes 750
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