Looks like NIST's server is down. BaAron Carter -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Raup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 23 July, 2001 14:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:14565] metric usage at www.whyfiles.org 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 -- Bruce Raup National Snow and Ice Data Center Phone: 303-492-8814 University of Colorado, 449 UCB Fax: 303-492-2468 Boulder, CO 80309-0449 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:40:20 -0600 From: Bruce Raup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Tenenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Talk to the Team David, Thanks for your personal reply. After I sent my message to you praising your use of SI units, I did, in fact, notice other stories that were only in non-SI units. Given that your content is scientific in nature, that your audience is surely international, and that many in the US agree with your sentiments to "ditch the inch and boot the foot", why not take a leadership position and use SI always? The US is slowly converting to metric. The US auto industry has metricated, and we buy film, skis, carbonated beverages, and many other things in metric units. Are you planning on being the last in the US to convert? If we all wait for each other to go first, we'll never get anywhere! Regards, Bruce P.S. For lots of interesting information on the metric system, including its history and the status of US conversion, see any of: http://www.metricmethods.com/ (metrication consultants) http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/ (the US Metric Association) http://metric1.org/ (jump-off site to metric info) -- Bruce Raup National Snow and Ice Data Center Phone: 303-492-8814 University of Colorado, 449 UCB Fax: 303-492-2468 Boulder, CO 80309-0449 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2001-07-23 14:02 -0500, David Tenenbaum wrote: > At 1:36 PM -0500 7/23/01, Bruce Raup wrote: > >Excellent article at http://www.whyfiles.org/shorties/073glacier_melt. > >I am particularly pleased that you used SI units, which > >is appropriate not only because the content is scientific in nature, > >but also because the information is on the World Wide Web, and information > >on the World Wide Web should be World Wide Units. Thank you for not > >"dumbing down" the units for the American audience! > > > >Bruce Raup > >National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, USA > > Bruce: > Strangely enough, we actually use both SI and american units, as the > story dictates, or as the data come to us. it sure would be a lot > easier if we'd just ditch the inch and boot the foot, however.
