Duncan: Which units does th e CGS use in their publications? What seems to be their editorial policy?
Cheers, Ezra Duncan Bath wrote: > We have a competitor in Canada viz. Canadian Geographical Society. > I subscribe. > Duncan > -----Original Message----- > From: M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: March 22, 2002 16:07 > Subject: [USMA:18987] Fwd: Re: National geographic again > > >As long as National Geographic has no competition, > >they will continue to use ifp, so we have to find > >a competitor magazine and buy it. > > > >Madan > > > > > >--- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: [USMA:18966] Re: National geographic again > >> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:16:48 -0500 > >> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> 2002-03-21 > >> > >> If National Geographic feels that it has to use FFU > >> in English because of > >> its American audience, that is a decision we have to > >> live with for now. > >> But, that does not justify using FFU for English > >> speakers world-wide. The > >> logical thing to do would be to publish a metric > >> edition for the rest of the > >> English speaking world. > >> > >> But, let's face facts. Such an endeavour would not > >> be cost effective. We > >> as metric proponents have argued for years that > >> American companies are at a > >> disadvantage because they will either have to go > >> completely metric or > >> manufacture two different product lines for the > >> American market based on FFU > >> and the world market based on metric. But, American > >> industry doesn't seem > >> to have been scared by our argument. They seem to > >> feel that they can > >> produce a single product entirely in FFU and still > >> sell it to the world. > >> And so far, they can! > >> > >> Unless there is a significant number of complaints > >> from people (and/or > >> governments) around the world that demand metric or > >> else, and the American > >> market is no longer able to sustain American > >> industry, don't expect these > >> people to bend just because we think they should. > >> The US will change only > >> when it hurts them where it counts....in the wallet. > >> > >> John > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-21 17:24 > >> Subject: [USMA:18962] Re: National geographic again > >> > >> > >> > I'm still puzzled how National Geographic can > >> convert to metric in > >> languages > >> > other than English but still support the use of > >> only US customary units in > >> > the English-language edition (because the US set > >> of units is not entirely > >> > identical to the Imperial set of units). Do they > >> perhaps figure that since > >> > they claim nearly all English-language readers are > >> American (can this > >> really > >> > be true?) and that the US system is close enough > >> to the Imperial one so as > >> > not to matter? (After all, saying "millions of > >> gallons" is essentially > >> > identical whether you're referring to the US or > >> the Imperial set of > >> units). > >> > > >> > Ezra > >> > > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > >http://movies.yahoo.com/ > >
