This is the message I just sent to the ATypI (Association
Typographique Internationale) and The Society of Typographic
Aficianados (SoTA)
At 9:31 +0100 02/02/7, Louis JOURDAN wrote:
Sirs,
I am completing a research study on the development of the metric
system, now called SI (Système
I would not propose a decimal series of paper formats as there is none and
it would be impractical in this specific case. It is a fact that A paper
sizes divide by progressive halving. I support the Q and A sizes.
As for the Q: there is no proposal for any other non-decimal subdivion at
all.
kilopascal wrote:
2002-02-06
I wasn't suggesting an upgrade to a newer and fancier computer. Many older
computers are upgradable simply by installing bigger hard drives and more
memory
Even if someone won't upgrade, there are still other alternatives. Such as
getting a FREE Yahoo
Hmm... Let's see if this will work:
0571
This looked fine by me in my home computer. I'd have to try it on the road (work,
etc) though.
Thanks, Jim. Let's hear from the gang and wait to see if ALL got the above ok. In
the meantime, would you be so kind as to refer me to where I could
Kilopascal wrote in USMA 17999:
When you cease using ancient software and get with the program and upgrade.
You are the only one experiencing problems. The ball is now in your court.
John
- Original Message -
From: Joseph B. Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL
My dearest friend, Han, please see my comments below.
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:46:29
Han Maenen wrote:
I would not propose a decimal series of paper formats as there is none and
it would be impractical in this specific case. It is a fact that A paper
sizes divide by progressive halving.
You're
This is most bizarre!... :-S
Your message came fine, Jim. And when I used your suggestion all symbols printed
fine in my monitor, but upon sending it via angelfire's server it got bastardized to
some unrecognizable 0, 5, 7 and 1! :-S
I wonder if this would also happen with another free
Sorry, guys, that I surmised that Jim's approach to symbols would have worked. I was
expecting that the micrometer would print fine, but it came as '5m' instead. Oh,
well... Alright... I'll compromise here and accept to use 'um' from now on instead,
so as to please most here...
I did get John's message USMA 17963 with all these attachments. If I delete a
message, the attachments go down the drain with it. I also have a program with
which I can list all unused and trashy files and delete them with a click of
the mouse. It should be possible with an Apple computer.
2002 February 7
I just received this note from R. Schulte, President of ASTM.
At one time I was employed in the gas utility industry. I related to you the
difficulties that this one business sector, the natural gas and propane
distribution industry, faces in moving to the
At 7:19 -0800 02/02/7, Ma Be wrote:
Hmm... Let's see if this will work:
0571
Did you really mean that ?
Since I'm at it. Would you know of any means I could print the
elusive a~ (a with the tilde *on top of it*). I can't find any
easy way to print this anywhere... Thanks for any info you
John wrote:
... I'm dying ... to hear what excuse will be given for
not opening a FREE Yahoo account
A free hard-wire connection at 10 megabits per second to a UNIX Server
for Internet access, and a free account on the Server with many gigabytes
of memory.
But please don't die on my
In France, we now use SI units. This revolution was
brought by the americans desktop publishing software
who gives the user the choice of units (Pica, Cicero,
inches, etc.).
Twenty years ago, the use the Cidero point was
universal in France. It's no more the case.
We still have a few problems
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Nikolay O. Malyarov wrote:
... As I watched KSL (Channel 5), I noticed that they added °C
to the high temperatures for today for various venues around the Games,
and didn't even refer to the °F at all.
That part is great, Nikolay. Please call Channel 5 and express your
Here (a selection from several announcements) is an opportunity
to push more SI into K-12 education. What should we do?
Gene.
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:13:40 -0500
From: webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NCTM WebNews Update
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Joseph B. Reid asked:
... Would modern software enable me to scrub unwanteed attachments more
rapidly?
Joe,
I delete almost all attachments, *and* e-mail (after scanning)
in less than a second by working directly on my UNIX Server
by, some would say, antiquated software
My guess for producing a tilde on a PC would be Alt-0227. That's based
on the extended ASCII table.
Jim
Louis JOURDAN wrote:
At 7:19 -0800 02/02/7, Ma Be wrote:
Hmm... Let's see if this will work:
0571
Did you really mean that ?
Since I'm at it. Would you know of any means I could
Kilopascal wrote in USMA 18003
What is meant by the statement below: the brand new, all metric 767
was.? Is this meant to tell us that the Boeing 767 is a true metric
plane? Was it designed in metric? Does it contain metric parts, such as
metric fasteners?
John
The flight crew
My page on Low Tech SI, suitable for use in email, has been updated and
is available at
http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/lowtech.htm
Jim
--
Metric Methods(SM) Don't be late to metricate!
James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
10 Captiva Row e-mail:
At 19:59 +0100 02/02/7, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did get John's message USMA 17963 with all these attachments. If I delete a
message, the attachments go down the drain with it. I also have a program with
which I can list all unused and trashy files and delete them with a click of
the mouse. It
Dear John and All,
on 2002/02/06 10.47, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2002-02-05
There are still some jobs in the auto plants where a person must do some
measuring. I doubt all the auto jobs have been replaced by robots.
Machinists still have to do some set-up which requires
On my PC (which is configured for U.S. International), all I have to do is
enter a tilde (~) then an a: ã.
If I enter anything other than a, A, o, O, n or N after the tilde, I get the
tilde followed by the other character. If I want an isolated tilde, I enter
it and then press the space bar. If
Dear Jim,
Congratulations on this award; clearly you richly deserved it.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
on 2002/02/07 05.29, Hillger, Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Congratulations to Jim Frysinger from USMA!
IEEE President, Raymond D. Findlay, has announced the
I was just watching the news on WSB when the Atlanta weathercaster was
chatting with the Atlanta newscaster on site in Salt Lake.
Our weatherman said It must be about 35° or 36° there, right? The reply
from Salt Lake was, yes, it is about 1° or 2°Celsius
Can it be that Salt Lake is actually
Marcus and other interested list members,
By golly, I found that link to Bob Baumel's web page on Using Special
Characters on Web Pages: Cross-Platform Considerations by Bob Baumel.
His page is at
http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbau/platforms/specialchars/
It turns out that I had it as a
2002-02-07
Somehow your software (or someone else's) is breaking the attachments out
into separate elements. Outlook Express does not do that. When I received
back USMA 17963, which was a forwarding of the webpage on Puerto Rico, there
were no attachments.
However, when I received USMA 17964,
However, when I received USMA 17964, there were attachments. It is possible
that Brian's software broke the webpage up into the attachments. Brian, if
you are reading this, can you tell us what e-mail program you are using?
You may need to upgrade too!
I considered that, which is why I was
2002-02-07
Time to upgrade our software.
Think of upgrading as switching from FFU to SI.
For µ, I use the IBM code page of alt-230 or the Windows Character Map
symbol of alt-0181 (µ). Both work.
John
- Original Message -
From: Ma Be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association
2002-02-07
That depends Han. If the person is using FFS (Fred Flintstone Software), it
may not have the capability. Using 21-st century AD software instead of BC
would solve that problem. Also, opening a Yahoo account, would also work.
With Yahoo, you don't need to download anything. You
2002-02-07
My comment was directed to those who aren't as fortunate to have what you
have. In your case you don't need a Yahoo account. But, those at the other
end of the spectrum would benefit. On the other hand, maybe you can host
some of these poor peoples e-mail for them, for free of
2002-02-07
Which instruments gave metric readings? Were altitudes shown in metres and
velocities in metres per second, or kilometres per hour? Is this plane
still made today and is it still metric relative to what it was back in the
days of the Gimli Glider?
John
The quotation put the
2002-02-07
Thanks for the info. I know this is done this way in Australia, but I
wanted to know if it is done this way in the US plants. Is an Engineering
drawing converted to FFU for use on the shop floor? Does anyone know for
sure?
John
- Original Message -
From: Pat
I use Ctrl+Alt+m -- µ.
U.S. International support, of course. It's easy to configure.
Of all the special characters, the µ is the one that is definitely
consistent across platforms (i.e., PC and Mac).
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-Original Message-
2002-02-07
Interesting. Even if it isn't practical to change threads to SI, or
manufacturing adapters when fitting an SI pipe to a FFU pipe, there is no
reason the FFU diameter and thread pitch can not be expressed in
millimetres.
What you said about an industry going metric because its new
2002-02-07
This could be a bug with Eudora, or it could be something is not set up
properly. I think others who use Eudora don't have this problem of it
turning an HTML page into attachments. You might want to contact the people
who write the Eudora software and find out if that is normal, and
Are Yahoo paying you are something, John??
Regards,
Steve.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: kilopascal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:52 PM
Subject: [USMA:18034] Re: St
2002-06-07
No, they are not. Some of us use it at work. We don't have a company
internet server and use a local DSL service, with limited e-mail accounts.
So, only a privileged few get the accounts on their PC's that come with the
service. The rest of us can either use the main account set up
Congrats, Jim!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Hillger, Don
Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2002 11.29
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:17986] Announcement from USMA
Congratulations to Jim Frysinger from USMA!
IEEE
To all:
I just wanted to address a couple of things in one email.
1. My wife said that Channel 4 this evening gave the snow depth of the
expected snow storm (overnight and Friday morning) in cm as well (1 to
3 inches of snow. That's 2.5 to 7.5 cm). In fact, while typing this
email, I saw the
At 11:29 -0700 02/02/6, Hillger, Don wrote:
Congratulations to Jim Frysinger from USMA!
IEEE President, Raymond D. Findlay, has announced the elevation of James
Frysinger to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. Dr. Findlay states Only
7% of our approximately 377,000 IEEE members hold
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