To follow up on my post recommending buying popular science books from Amazon.ca to get a metric edition, I did receive The Weather Makers, by Tim Flannery, and it is indeed fully metric. The only non-metric unit I've seen in it was in a graphic that has two vertical axes -- km on the left and
This is also simply 68 choose 2 from probability theory: 68! / (68-2)!(2!)This is the same math that gives you the total number of clinks when raising glasses with a group of friends.
Cheers,Bruce2006/3/23, Bill Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 2006 Mar 23 , at 3:54 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote:
As a
that isolates us from the
rest of the world.
That said, with pencil in hand for frequent marginalia, I am enjoying the
book.
Best regards, Bruce
I just thought I'd point out the option of getting books with proper
units through Amazon.ca, something that wasn't so obvious to me.
Cheers,
Bruce Raup
It would be romanized as "kiromeetoru". Usually, people just say or write
"kiro" (in katakana), and it's up to context whether they mean km or kg or
km/h.
See attached JPEG image.
Bruce
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On 2001-10-24 13:25 -0700, Bill Potts wrote:
Bruce:
Because you're using iso-2022-jp encoding, some of your characters are
coming in as either katakana, hiragana or kanji symbols. Your previous
message was worse than this one and had kanji symbols substituted for some
of the accented and
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Subject: Re: Units of measure at http://www.dmns.org/imax/facts.html
Hi Bruce,
We've gone ahead and made the additions you suggested to our IMAX Theater Facts page.
Thanks again for the info!
-Tom Fabian
Web Site Manager
Denver Museum of Nature Science
Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 10/12/01
to our Web site.
thanks for your input!
Tom Fabian
Web Site Manager
Denver Museum of Nature Science
Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/09/01 05:04PM
Hello,
I was just reading with interest the various pages about the IMAX theater.
When I read the IMAX Theater Facts page, however, I was disappointed
On 2001-10-12 16:50 -0400, kilopascal wrote:
2001-10-12
I hope when they do include metric, they use the original, rational numbers.
As you pointed out, 330 m is really 100 m in disguise. But, I'd hate to
see, for example something that is 20 mm labelled as 3/4 inch when converted
to FFU
On 2001-10-10 08:58 -0500, Carter, Baron wrote:
The conversion by the auto manufacturers to metric probably rates in the top
10.
Can anyone point me to further information about the US auto makers'
transition to metric? All I know about it has been gleaned from this
list, and I'd like to
On 2001-10-02 18:18 -0400, kilopascal wrote:
I think the reason the highway department put the distance in tenths of
kilometres instead of metres is because they also use tenths of miles when
they aren't using quarters and halves. If they used feet and/or yards, they
would risk someone
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To: Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NASA CONFIRMS NORTH POLE OZONE HOLE TRIGGER
Thanks! I have sent this to my boss for his recommendation.
Cynthia,
Thanks for this interesting article.
However, I wish you would use, or at least include, SI (metric) units.
As I'm sure you know
These are pointers to some of the latest NASA satellite imagery, with
commentary that usually includes metric units -- frequently only metric
units.
I forward this along because I think many of you will find the content
interesting, but also because it's a good place to see NASA using metric
,
http://www.usopen.org/bios/profile/ws/wtaw234.html), they say kilos
instead of kilograms.
It's good the metric info is there, though.
Bruce
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.
Be honest -- how receptive would you be to 10-m contours?
Duncan
DT Bath, 861 Kensington Dr., Peterborough ON K9J 6J8
(705)743-4297
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Sorry for the delayed response.
On 2001-07-25 17:47 -0500, Ross DeMeyere wrote in USMA:14612:
on 7/25/01 17:19, Bruce Raup at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not true. I know that am/pm (or gozen/gogo) is used in Japan quite
frequently, although 24 hour time is used for train schedules, etc
On 2001-07-30 13:18 -0500, Michael G. Koerner wrote:
Back in the 1970s and 1980s, the USGS made a BUNCH of 'all SI' 1:25000
topos covering Massachusetts and parts of other states in the
northeastern USA, as well as numerous 'all SI' 1:24000 maps from
elsewhere in the USA. Their contour
On 2001-07-25 17:53 -0400, Nat Hager III wrote:
A couple intersting hits searching the State of California web site:
http://www.state.ca.us/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
The first is CalTrans reaffirming committment to metric, as was posted last
fall, but now in a more readible form:
On 2001-07-25 18:15 -0400, kilopascal wrote:
In the rest of the world there is no such thing as am/pm.
Not true. I know that am/pm (or gozen/gogo) is used in Japan quite
frequently, although 24 hour time is used for train schedules, etc.
Bruce
Another web-site related exchange. BTW, what happened to the NIST Metric
Program Office site, which used to be at http://www.nist.gov/metric ?
Bruce
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Apparently, more people need to write these people (without reference to
me, of course!).
Bruce
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:02:25 -0500
From: David Tenenbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Talk
On 2001-07-11 14:58 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In Killarney I saw an ad for land. It measured 37 acres 3 roods 15 perches. The
According to the GNU units program, a rood is 1/4 of an acre, which is
consistent with acres, but a perch is 5.5 US yards, or about 5.03 m. This
doesn't seem to
On 2001-07-11 01:04 -0400, kilopascal wrote:
2001-07-11
How many would be able to measure off 1 (oh, so familiar) acre?
Duncan
I couldn't until I found out that the acre is equal to 4000 m² or 200 m x
200 m. Now it is easy since I can relate it to something rational. Still,
I
On 2001-07-11 12:49 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
About a year ago or a bit more, we had a discussion on perches. A perch
(lineal) is the same as rod (5.5 yd or 16.5 ft). A perch (areal) is a
square perch (lineal). The origin of the word, as I recall our
conclusion to be, was French
to be ml/(kg min).
They also say Highest Recorded Male (Cross-Country Skier): 94
Bruce
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wish, let me know if it comes through with 2.3 cm margins for
N.A. standard P4 (21.6 x 28 cm) paper).
It did. However, Word describes it as Letter paper, not as P4.
Could someone please post the letter in plain text?
Thanks,
Bruce
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On 2001-06-19 10:41 -0700, Bill Potts wrote:
I wrote, to Bruce Raup:
Here it is. However, I'm very surprised that your word processor doesn't
have RTF capability. I thought they all did.
It then occurred to me that it would be better if Greg had copied the letter
into his message
On 2001-06-01 09:35 -0700, Ma Be wrote in USMA:13267:
The definition listed at www.dictionary.com supports my usage of the word:
The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns...
Dear Bruce, please notice that your definition talks about *totality*,
not specifics, as it should
set to ISO-8859-1? I believe the following
test contains characters from that set:
p² = k A³
1000 nm = 1 µm
Could everyone read those fine? (Should say, p squared = k A cubed and
1000 nm = 1 micrometer (with micrometer symbolic).)
Bruce
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On 2001-05-30 11:27 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote in USMA:13151:
Bruce, my browser read your message as ISO-8859-1 so your special
symbols came out just fine.
The real culprit is that the old default setting for years has been
ASCII, which provides only 128 characters, inherited from the
On 2001-05-29 15:44 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
Bruce, that phrase, Information on the World Wide Web ought to be in
World Wide Units, is going to be a classic. May I use it?
Absolutely! I'm glad to hear you like the phrase.
Bruce
I sent this to Joe before I realized his message went to the whole list.
Here's my reply. --Bruce
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:45:17 -0600
From: Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Joseph B. Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [USMA:13102] Re: Journalists
is nicknamed the Mile
High City, a consequence of its 1609-meter (5280-foot) elevation
above sea level.'
That's the only measurement that's translated into non-SI. Given that they
were explain the source of the nickname, I'm surprised (pleasantly) that
the feet didn't come first.
Bruce
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On 2001-05-23 13:24 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
Interestingly, they don't seem to point out that each of these
quantities equal a mile. Apparently they assume the reader is familiar
with at least one of these conversions or can deduce that by context.
Good point. My familiarity with
On 2001-05-23 12:50 -0600, Jim Elwell wrote:
Here is source for a metric ONLY eight meter steel tape measure, typical of
the type used in construction:
http://www.right-tool.com/8metconautme.html
The photo in this page shows two tapes, both labeled in feet. Maybe just
the photo is wrong.
On 2001-05-22 09:01 -0600, Jim Elwell wrote in USMA:12899:
I might point out that you want the same group that caused the Mars
Challenger disaster to have responsibility for the way the rest of us
measure!
I wouldn't call it the same group. No one is calling for Lockheed Martin
(the team
On 2001-05-18 16:53 -0700, Ma Be wrote:
We seem to be operating with slightly different definitions of the words
culture and cultural. My definitions are probably affected by my
anthropologist mother-in-law.
?? Hmm... I can only work with the rigorous definition of the word
as
will
eventually change.
Anyway... I guess I've already spoken too much... Sorry, guys, but
this culture thing always ticks me off...
No problem. I think this is an important issue to understand, because
human nature is a powerful force.
Bruce
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Marcus and all,
Thanks for your reply.
We seem to be operating with slightly different definitions of the words
culture and cultural. My definitions are probably affected by my
anthropologist mother-in-law.
When I say culture, I'm talking not so much about the products of a
society like the
Hello all,
In all this talk about the term WOMBAT, and the desires among different
people for more or less derogatory terms for non-metric, I think we should
keep in mind that there are different audiences, and that different
approaches and terms are appropriate for those different audiences. I
.
The image discussed was acquired with the Japanese-built ASTER instrument,
and it's possible the caption was written in Japan. But actually I think
it was probably written at JPL by a US ASTER Science Team member.
Bruce
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On 2001-05-08 11:37 +0200, Han Maenen wrote:
Bruce and all. Here the article about ripping off with cider comes in
non-Word format. I am also sending it as an rtf format attachment from Word.
And no virus! Promise!
Thank you very much, Han!
Bruce
Han,
Thanks for your interesting postings; I enjoy your point of view.
However, even though many people use it, MS Word is not a standard.
Could you send the Cider story in non-proprietary format, such as plain
text? Or, if fancy formatting is required, HTML would work.
Thanks,
Bruce
On
On 2001-04-25 22:04 -0400, James R. Frysinger wrote:
Good job, Bruce! I especially like the way you approached him with your
observations and suggestion.
Thanks. Yes, I find it's good to adopt a tone as if I were talking to a
good friend, or my dad -- someone I respect -- rather than an
for the kind words. We do aim to please, check out the compass
again, I added a second scalebar...
Steve
Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/25/01 11:18AM
Hello,
A recent discussion about web-based map servers on an electronic mailing
list pointed me to your web site at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/compass
On 2001-04-20 23:27 -0700, Darrick Priest wrote:
The Onion is one my haunts for satire and I'm fully aware of how to
navigate their site. However, after using several combinations of metric,
system, and thriving I couldn't find anything that satirized the metric
system.
I had the same
On 2001-04-17 18:25 -0500, Gene Mechtly wrote in USMA:12272:
Bruce,
Please try to visit the open house and report on SI content.
Gene.
I would love to, but it's not looking like it will fit into my schedule.
I don't know if other USMA list subscribers will be able to make it, but I
I think this article was originally published as satire by The Onion (a
humorous college "newspaper"), originally available at
www.theonion.com/onion3703/metric_system_thriving.html -- at least that's
how Google cached it. However, when I try to go to that URL, I get
redirected to the main page.
Sorry for the local nature of this information, but I thought it might be
of interest. I've never been to one of these (and may not get to this
one), so I don't know how much they push SI.
Bruce
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:16:17 -0600 (MDT)
From: J. Wayde
There is an entry for the "sabin" at
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html, but no SI equivalent is
given.
The GNU Units program (see, e.g.,
http://www.appwatch.com/Linux/App/746/data.html) gives:
fastice:~$ units
2112 units, 59 prefixes
You have: sabin
You want:
Definition:
if it were made
easier by the use of sensible units. I believe that non-SI units foster
innumeracy. But I understand that topic was discussed on this list before
I joined.
Bruce
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On 2001-03-09 07:58 -0500, James R. Frysinger wrote:
OK. I confess. We, too, have some non-metric distance measures that
may never go away: the "stone's throw" and the "hop, skip, and a jump".
They won't go away in Boulder. We have bus lines called the Hop, Skip,
Jump, (and also the
exponent of 1.44M rather than 1.5M
(e.g. http://lasker.princeton.edu/ScienceProjects/curr/eqmag/eqmag.htm).
Cheers,
Bruce
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don't think it's a precise science.
Bruce Raup
On 2001-02-22 08:47 -0500, Fardig, Paul S. wrote:
One more: 100 grams is about one (small/medium) serving of a food item. So
foods that are priced by 100 gram units more or less tell you the cost per
serving, and if you know how many servings you want, you can ask for that
many hundreds
://www.climatehotmap.org/
Author: Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2/16/01 11:17 AM
Dear UCS:
I enjoyed viewing your web site at http://www.climatehotmap.org/. It is
great to see all these signs of global change from disparate fields
collected in one place. It paints quite an alarming picture
On 2001-02-09 13:48 -0700, Hillger, Don wrote:
Apparently this is not a new item, but I just came across an empty
aluminum can of AriZona iced tea that someone left at one of our shared
workstations.
The label says literally: 23.5 FL.OZ. (1PINT 7.5 OZ.) 700mL
This close-but-not-exact
I went through a very similar comparison when I was estimating the size of
rain barrel a friend of mine would need for his house. Very easy in
metric; very hard in anything else.
Bruce
On 2001-02-03 09:09 +1000, Peter Price wrote:
The advantages of SI units are illustrated in this
no metric in site.
Is The Times knows for this sort of thing? I was surprised to see this in
a UK publication.
Bruce
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king ingredients, so for example,
you can convert from "cups sugar" to grams.
Just reading through the data file, which is thoroughly commented, is
quite educational.
Bruce
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tly lists the Federal Standard 376B under "REQUIRED
ACTIONS: Managers are to use the publications listed below for codes,
abbreviations, and acronyms:".
Bruce
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:10:06 -0700
From: Bruce Raup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please add SI units to web page
Hello.
I was just enjoying reading
http://www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/stations/wwv.html about WWV, and noticed
t you getting upset!" (That's definitely not a
verbatim quote, but the "within a hundred meters" part is.)
Amazing.
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Thanks for your response, Dennis.
On 2001-01-17 14:55 -0700, Dennis Brownridge wrote:
That old argument about Fahrenheit having "finer resolution" is totally
bogus. All the digital weather thermometers I've seen claim a resolution of
0.1 °C or 0.2 °F, which means that not only is it just as
-
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 __/ / \/\_ \
http://www.wunderground.com Weather Underground\`\`\
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Su
On 2001-01-09 20:55 -0500, Mike wrote:
For those who don't use M$ Word, here's a short text description of what is in
this Word document. Oh, wait, I forgot. I don't (can't) use M$ Word.
Mike
Check out the program called "antiword", which converts M$ Word files into
plain text or
On 2001-01-09 13:45 -0800, M R wrote:
Hi Leonardo
Whether you say it as
"Three and half" (3 words) or
"Three point five" (3 words),
both are lengthier in inches than
"ninety" (1 word) or "nine" (1 word)
in mm and cm respectively.
So both 90 mm and 9 cm are easy to use than inches.
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