Apparently, more people need to write these people (without reference to me, of course!). Bruce ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 to the Team At 1:40 PM -0600 7/23/01, Bruce Raup wrote: >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? Please... > If we all wait for each other to go first, we'll never get >anywhere! Agreed. Believe it or not, however, your passion is not universal -- eg we've not had this comment in years. But i'll certainly take it into account when writing further. Essentially, we never change from one system to another, and since much of what we write comes from the sci lit, it's automatically SI... > >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. -- David Tenenbaum,Staff Writer The Why Files, http://whyfiles.org Monday-Wednesday (608) 265-8549 (fax 262-2331) Thursday-Friday (608) 238-2201 (fax 238-2209)
