The Federated States of Micronesia stretch east-west 2700 km in the Western
pacific north of Papua New Guinea and south of Guam. Ruled by the Spanish until
sold to Germany in 1899, conquered and ruled by Japan from 1914, then seized by
the US during the Second World War. They became independent
I fully understand where you are coming from but even in 'fully' metric
countries km/h is used. I cannot see that changing but furthermore I would not
recommend pushing clinical use of si on non metric people. Remember that in
effect you have to 'sell' this change so being critical about
Dear all:
It's not often I agree with Stephen Humphreys, but on this occasion I think
he's right. I once wrote an article for the UKMA Newsletter, suggesting that
we might need to make more use of what I call the 'vernacular' in our use of SI
for the everyday person. That using metric must
Paul Trusten
On Apr 1, 2010, at 14:52, John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.com
wrote:
Dear all:
It's not often I agree with Stephen Humphreys, but on this occasion
I think he's right. I once wrote an article for the UKMA
Newsletter, suggesting that we might need to make more use of
Sirs:
I think if we want the general populace to embrace metric, we have to accept
such 'vernacular' in its use
.
If United States 'intend' to be the leading nation for whole-hog adoption of Le
Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI), the only way is to CONSIDER: what steps
are being taken
Dear All,
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-tips/maintenance-and-repairs/imperial-vs-american-how-do-they-measure-up/article1519566
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from
I submitted the following comment and request to the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy:
I have studied the Report IG-10-011 dated March 29, 2010 by the Inspector
General of NASA. The Report recommends that NASA not be exempted from Public
Law 100-418 and Executive Order
