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2002-01-06
With the passing of the national currencies and their
replacement by the Euro, it made me wonder as to how many of the names for the
national currencies are derived from ancient units of measure.
Names like Drachma, Lira, Peseta (Peso), Mark, Markka,
Punt, and even the British
At 9:52 -0500 02/01/6, kilopascal wrote:
Prior to his decision to resign, Mr Ruggiero had warned that Italy's
traditional commitment to the EU was at risk.
Sure, since Berlusconi's arrival, Italy is dragging her feet in the
European integration march.
But Berlusconi is not Italy. Italians
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I knew the binary symbols used capitals for the first letter, but I also
thought they were spelled out with capitals too. I stand corrected. I know
the I is always lower case. The MI for mibi, instead of Mi had to do
with me not releasing the shift key fast enough and not checking
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I have a feeling, that in the wake of the recent conference at Laeken, that
those whose heart is not fully in Europe will meet the same fate as
Ruggiero. Italy was against the Europe wide police arrest warrant at first,
but gave in at the last moment.
I feel that it won't be long
Why not try Bean-o?
D.
-Original Message-
From: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: January 5, 2002 23:28
Subject: [USMA:17250] RE: Golden Dollar Experiment
2002-01-05
Oh No! Not a third brain fart. That makes 3 in one day. Bill, one
I believe the angstrom equates to 10^-10 m not 10^-9
m.
Duncan
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kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:
U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:
January 6, 2002 00:54Subject: [USMA:17252] Binary
Prefixes
2002-01-06
Dear Mr. Ross,
In reading down
Ah, you young rascals! If people had 10-position relays half a century
ago, perhaps the digital computing crowd would have done that.
There was a time that digital and analog computers existed side by side
and were actually in competition. I've programmed and operated analog
computers and one
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I think all of you should go here and read the
comments about the Euro. The pro-Euro comments out number the anti-Euro by
a large margin. Here is one of my favourites:
Someone asked where the idea for a United States of Europe came from. It came
from a certain Winston
kilopascal wrote:
2002-01-06
. The MI for mibi, instead of Mi had to do
with me not releasing the shift key fast enough and not checking the
spelling manually.
I've done similar things many times myself.
The ångstrom (alt-134 for the å) may not be deprecated, but
There are many websites explaining the advantages of
different number system like
base-8 (octal using digits from 0-7)
base-12 (duodecimal using digits from 0-9,A,B,10)
base-16 (hexadecimal using digits from 0-9,A-F).
The proponents claim that the entire World should
switch over to their system.
Ma Be (Marcus Berger) wrote in USMA 17255
On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 01:11:36
Adam Baranski wrote:
From: Adrian Jadic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It took man a lot of time to develop mathematics well beyond counting eggs
and fruits in the market to realize that the 12 base system is limited and
that the 10-base
Bill Hooper wrote in USMA 17245:
What's the big deal about the time when messages are sent and received? Does
anyone out there really think that it is supposed to be instantaneous?
There are delays at every server the message has to go through. In the
extreme case, when a receiving server is
Ma Be (Marcus Berger) wrote in USMA 17256
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:02:52
M R wrote:
...
The guy who maintains this website should be
anti-metric. If you go little above in the webpage,
he argues that computers have defied metric system.
Madan
...
Actually the above is a cheap excuse.
'It is simply too late to change the base of our numbers, but a duodecimal
SI would be perfectly possible, I think.'
Should have been: 'if we adopted base 12 nevertheless a duodecimal SI would
have been perfectly possible, I think,'
Han
2002-01-06
It does. I'm not saying the ångstrom is equal
to the nanometre, but that the nanometre should be used instead of the
ångstrom. Thus, 5000 Å should be changed to 500 nm.
John
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From:
Duncan
Bath
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; U.S. Metric
2002-01-06
I think this is a plot by anti-metric luddites to rid the world of SI.
The only way they can is to replace the number base from 10 to something
else. Let them live in their fantasy world.
John
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From: M R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association
James Freysinger wrote in USMA 17261:
The angstrom (my apologies for not taking the time to insert the proper
diacrits) is not deprecated; rather, its use is not encouraged. The
angstrom stands higher in the brochure than the cgs units, for some
reason.
Jim
I suspect that the angstrom is not
I was referring to Daniel Bishops post, Bill, Not Adam's!!
Regards,
Steve.
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From: Bill Potts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: [USMA:17212] Re: The number twelve and
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:48:01
Bill Potts wrote:
It seems to me we've been over this ground before.
Perhaps you could explain how 20 bits would not be binary.
...
??? Where did you get that from, Bill? Did I say anything to that effect??? Please
reread my post. I made no argument
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A response!
John
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From: Kelley L. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 2002-01-06 15:00
Subject: Re: Binary Prefixes
Dear John,
Adapting metric prefixes to binary numbers has been a matter of usage,
which is all
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 07:37:38
M R wrote:
Marcus wrote
...
Even if they build a computer of 10 bits, it will have
1024 characters (2^10) and not 1,000 characters.
Of course, Madan, I'm aware of that!
The reason for base 2 is the
LED (Light emitting diode) glows.
0 when light is off
1 when
I know you were, Steve. That was abundantly clear. I didn't suggest
otherwise.
However, I did suggest, in that context, that you read Adam's post too. As I
said, his post (in the same thread and on the same topic) addressed the
point you apparently missed. I gave its message number so you could
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Thank You for your response!
Further info on the new binary prefixes:
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has prepared a
proposed standard (P1541) that parallels the IEC standard. Rather than
binary prefixes, we are using the phrase prefixes for binary
multiples.
I CONFIRM:
BERLUSCONI IS NOT ITALY.
\He is an entrepreneur that have most of his activities in Italy, so it is
not concerned about Europe, except that prom europe he found more
opposition than in italy.
\Usually in Italy foreign affairs ministers heve always had a bipartisan
approach. Berlusconi
-Original Message-
From: Ma Be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: January 6, 2002 16:01
Subject: [USMA:17284] Re: The number twelve and the universe!!
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:33:48
Bill Potts wrote:
You've lost me there, Marcus.
A base-20 system in
Marcus:
I'm sorry, but you are still missing the point.
(By the way, the II in ASCII (written without a space) isn't a Roman
numeral. It stands for Information Interchange. There was no ASC I and
there will never be an ASC III. The current 8-bit version of ASCII is
simply a subset of the
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 13:09:45
Joseph B. Reid wrote:
...
I suspect that Marcus confuses digit length and word length. A decimal
digit requires 4 binary digits or bits. Word length can be anything from 8
bits in the IBM 1408 and 1410 up to 64 bits in the last Control Data
computer. The Control
In a message dated 2002-01-05 17:03:52 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let Saskatchewan Government Insurance give the name of the standards body
and the number of the 'industry standard' that decrees that the foot and the
inch should be used in drivers licences and car
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 16:08:09
kilopascal wrote:
...
- Original Message -
From: Kelley L. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 2002-01-06 15:00
Subject: Re: Binary Prefixes
...The
one-size-fits-all metric system has its advantages mathematically, but
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, M R wrote:
Fuel for automobiles and locomotives are
quoted in volume (liters and gallons), how
come the aeroplanes are using mass (tons)...
Overloading of an aircraft (too much mass, and therefore also too much
weight) can lead to crashes on takeoff.
Ruptured tires and
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 13:44:39
Bill Potts wrote:
Marcus:
I'm sorry, but you are still missing the point.
I'm afraid not! I guess it's you who continue to miss the point I was trying to make!
(By the way, the II in ASCII (written without a space) isn't a Roman
numeral. It stands for
In a message dated 2002-01-05 17:20:44 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Today, I obtained several US Golden Dollar coins from a post office
vending machine. Today and tomorrow I will try using them and see
what type of reactions I get.
My first test was at an Eckerd drugstore in
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Hee Hee Hee Haw Haw Haw!!! I'm sorry, but I can't control my laughter.
Kelley is not a lady. He is a man. But, then again we don't know what he
does in private.
You can write him, his e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really don't
want to bother with him anymore. He is a
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As long as the number in an SI unit is correct, who cares if the non-SI unit
is right or wrong.
John
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From: Ma Be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 2002-01-06 17:55
Subject: [USMA:17299] Oops... I goofed
On
Whether we like it or not, 'acres' etc. are a part of many people's
heritage(s).
Duncan
-Original Message-
From: Ma Be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: January 6, 2002 16:41
Subject: [USMA:17291] Re: Italian minister quits in euro row
On Sun, 6 Jan
Stephen Davis wrote me on 2002-01-06:
The argument, from my point of view, anyhow, was not about bases but how
much easier numbers divide by 10!!
Have you tried to divide 1,2 and 3 by 7 and 11??
Regards,
Steve.
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- Original Message -
From: Joseph B. Reid [EMAIL
2002-01-06
Kelley,
What units of custom are more appropriate then an SI unit. SI was devised
to create a harmonised and coherent system of units that can be used for all
instances of measuring in the most simplest of form. 'Units of custom
appeared over time in a haphazard manner, in many
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MONDAY JANUARY 07 2002
I wouldn't put my money on the euro
WILLIAM REES-MOGG
Gus
ODonnell, the Treasury official responsible for the assessment of the
euro, almost certainly did say that it can never be
In a message dated 2002-01-06 20:56:35 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Whether we like it or not, 'acres' etc. are a part of many people's
heritage(s).
Duncan
Except that most people have no idea how big one is.
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