I know that in both Canada and the UK, where the use of the Celsius scale is
now virtually universal (notwithstanding the anti-metric efforts of newspapers
like the Daily Mail), people in casual conversation usually use only 'degrees',
without identifying the scale. Even my 88 year old mother
On Thursday 24 March 2011 20:19:44 Bill Hooper wrote:
Recently, one of our correspondents (it doesn't matter who) wrote about
temperatures and referred to values just in degrees without specifying
Celsius or Fahrenheit. (See excerpt below.) I know most of us on this list
are sufficiently aware
I find it quite amazing that in their infinite wisdom, Apple markets the
iPhone/iPod with that weather app pictured with a sunny day and 73 degrees
(unidentified, but we know which scale). From a cursory glance at sites
outside the US, it looks like they're marketing it like this to the rest of
Sadly, the comment that Remek makes, Why adjust our product to the
world--let's make the world adjust to it. is the American way. I come cross
it so often. Take Windows - those of us in other countries have to spend quite
some time adjusting our settings to measurement and date formats from
More than just a Light article, talks about metric too, or an American problem, conservatives are the problem
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263045/leave-our-bulbs-alone-rich-lowry
Bruce E. Arkwright, JrErie PALinux and Metric User and EnforcerId put my money on the sun and solar energy.
Mr. Rich Lowry
National Review
Dear Mr. Lowry,
Thank you very much for your interesting analysis of the light bulb issue
(http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263045/leave-our-bulbs-alone-rich-lowry)
. It goes hand in hand with the changes in technology we have experienced
since Thomas
How about kelvins in the mix? The context does not always make the answer
obvious.
Original message
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:19:44 -0400
From: Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.com
Subject: [USMA:50182] Does it matter if we specify Celsius?
To: U.S. Metric Association
On 2011/03/25, at 23:15 , John Frewen-Lord wrote:
Sadly, the comment that Remek makes, Why adjust our product to the
world--let's make the world adjust to it. is the American way. I come
cross it so often. Take Windows - those of us in other countries have to
spend quite some time
Once the USA finally gets rid of Fahrenheit we will be able to do this.
Interesting that the weather on TV always says degrees without qualifying them
(they are always Fahrenheit).
Carleton
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Dear All,
The writer of this comment -- unrecognised by the original article writer --
looks a lot like Paul Trusten to me.
However, it seems to have stirred a long list of respondents. See
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/263101/once-more-metrics-rich-lowry
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin LCAMS
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