From the BBC website today, 2010 06 17:
There was a time when many of Europe's leaders and Eurocrats trembled at the
thought of David Cameron as prime minister. They imagined long painful
negotiations with an administration determined to roll-back the EU's powers and
block mission creep from
Dear Jim,
Do you know what ISO 80 000 is? Is it a direct replacement for ISO 31?
See http://groups.google.com/group/misc.metric-system/browse_thread/thread/538e265104bf9338?hl=en
for some discussion of these documents.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide,
Thanks Pat for your comments.
However, I think the cubic metre is an exception to the terminology rule
rather than retain purity of SI terminology.
The beauty of the SI is that the cubic metre (1000 L) manages large
well-understood volume quanitities very well, and it doesn't imply
Dear Pat,
Yes, ISO/IEC 8 is the successor to ISO 31. Like its predecessor it
comprises over a dozen parts. This new standard is nearly complete now
and ISO 31 is close to being completely obsolete.
IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 14 (SCC 14) is developing a
parallel standard
Pat,
I would probably agree that liters are a sensible unit for household water,
even if the aggregate use over a billing period requires kiloliters.
I get billed quarterly in gallons, but to remain on point, my usage is about 66
m³ (or kL) per quarter.
However, I suspect irrigation users are
In all honesty (and I don't mean to burst your bubble here) do you think that
the alteration of k to K could really happen? Is there a comparable example
that's happened like this before that's been successful when originating from a
small group of people?
In reality people will write 'Km' if
I think it's foolish to equate metrication with the EU - it's damaged metric
before (tying metric with draconian legislation etc).Cameron has made a point -
through his election leafleting - that he wants to be seen as a friend of
'imperial'.
Similarly when I saw Cameron on the news today he
I had a little smile when I read in the Times that recently William Hague
had to rely on the translator to understand what Nick Clegg was saying. The
occasion was a meeting with, amongst others, Angela Merkel and Clegg, the
former Eurocrat, was speaking fluent German!
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On Jun 17 , at 1:27 PM, Stephen Humphreys wrote:
In all honesty (and I don't mean to burst your bubble here) do you think that
the alteration of k to K could really happen? Is there a comparable example
that's happened like this before
Yes. The lower case L was a problem for many because
Fair enough - that's a good example
Subject: [USMA:47845] RE: The Oil Leak (Estimate) Increases Again
From: billhoope...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:10:13 -0400
To: usma@colostate.edu
On Jun 17 , at 1:27 PM, Stephen Humphreys wrote:In all honesty (and I don't
mean to burst your
I have to agree with Pat, I've looked at the paper size on various computers
around the planet, all generally have inches set as standard and the clock to
am/pm. Paper however is normally A4. I've wondered if various programs look at
the Country selection in Windows before deciding what the
Just as not all nations use one standard of measurement, not all computer
programs use one standard of display.
Carleton
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Bill Hooper
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 21:11
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject:
USMA member, chemistry teacher, school-wide metricator, and metric cook
extraordinaire Sally Mitchell of Manlius, New York, needs votes to catch the
concscience of Oprah Winfrey for U.S. metrication. Let's get American
livingrooms talking metric!
Paul
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