I love the idea.
It would be nice if it is shorter, I will be able to show it to my students.
Many thanks for the author.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Paul
I guess so.
I have my input under physic. I also emailed all my friends and I will
encourage my students to sign it.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M.
This part of my letter to California Governor, Jerry Brown:
The purpose of this is beyond educational. We, as teachers train our
students in two different systems of measurements:
- The customary inherited from the imperial system.
- The SI (International System), or also
Few weeks ago I sent the following message to the forecaster of KABC: (I
included a small ruler from usma. No answer so far)
ABC7 Broadcast Center
Attn: Garth Kemp
500 Circle Seven Drive
Glendale, CA 91201
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Dear Garth,
I am one of your viewers for
Good idea. 500 ml is even better.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Remek Kocz
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:19 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52166]
is automatically
sent. Anybody knows haw to do this?
John Altounji
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From: sunhe...@fastmail.net [mailto:sunhe...@fastmail.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:25 PM
To: JohnAltounji
Subject: Re: [USMA:52163] FW: USMA response
Let's call it a quarter meter. If this Australian measures it, he will
always find that Subway is being very generous.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Remek Kocz
The more similar work, the better. I thinks, we should have cross links
between all the web pages and blogs, etc…
What about meeting each other (metric people), conference style?
Special thanks to the pioneers at USMA.
John Altounji
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.
From: JohnAltounji phy...@msn.com;
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu;
Subject: [USMA:52279] FW: Fwd: The Metric System, the United States of
America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed
Sent: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 6:00:43 AM
The more similar work, the better.I thinks, we
I heard that John Kerry is in favor of rapprochement between the US and
Europe. He speaks French. We might need to send him a collective letter
signed by members of USMA and other metric supporters.
John Altounji
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From:
on that, correct me. I'm not 100% about the labeling issue
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From: JohnAltounji phy...@msn.com;
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu;
Subject: [USMA:52325] FW: Political metric supporters?
Sent: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 4:30:35 AM
I heard that John Kerry
If body measurements are so important to her, I would say that an average
span is 20 cm, the average height of to the hip is a meter or the length
from the tip of your fingers to the second shoulder; also a meter is
almost a stretched step or a golf club, If that can make her happy. Are we
in
You are right. A number should always be attached to its unit, unless it
does not have one. I had a professor who us used to say: No units no
value, to the trash
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
It is definitely a joke. The alternative time that could be used is the
so-called military time.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Sent: Sunday, April
Quite right. The solution is the cursive l
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Stanislav Jakuba
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:18 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S.
This is good news. Thanks.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Remek Kocz
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:58 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52790] Re: Liters
So, I set my GPS to metric, but the distance on the signs is in miles. What a
great logic!!! This is thrilling.
John Altounji
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From: The White House [mailto:i...@messages.whitehouse.gov]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:27 PM
I like it very much. Yes, students are very confused. It means that the
nation is confused.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Edward Schlesinger
Sent: Saturday, June
Nice. I will definitely send it around.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 6:25 AM
To: U.S. Metric
Thank you for the link. This pushed me to add a comment on the site.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Team Metric Info
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 7:55 AM
To: U.S.
Not true in physics classes, at least mine.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of mechtly, eugene a
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 11:42 AM
To: U.S. Metric
I found the following for watering your lawn:
4 mm of water per day. This is equivalents to 4 L/m2. This is quite easy:
for every mm of rain we have 1 L/m2.
Found at the following French site:
http://www.deco.fr/jardin-jardinage/travaux-entretien/arroser-la-pelouse/
John
Come on. The speed of sound is not a physical constant as it depends on the
temperature and the humidity. So it is safe to make an approximation of 333
m/s to estimate the distance of a lightning, especially practical for
computing mentally. Moreover, the space between the lightning and our ear
I was looking to see the recommendations in navigation; I found the following
document:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t
What happened since 2009?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17350-nasa-criticised-for-sticking-to-
imperial-units.html#.Udy52qzAHFA
John Altounji
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Another interesting document:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t
http://www.google.com/url?sa=trct=jq=esrc=ssource=webcd=14ved=0CD0QFj
ADOAourl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nist.gov%2Fpml%2Fwmd%2Fmetric%2Fupload%2FUSGcomme
ntstoEUConsultFeb2007.pdfei=N9fcUYSbIfOu4AOd0oCQBAusg=AFQjCNHB5l2ujautmNSm
Try the following supplier:
https://sargentwelch.com/store/catalog/product.jsp?catalog_number=WL0175C-10
John Altounji
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Social promotion ruined Education.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of
This is an old model; it is in km and km/h. The new models are all digital.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent:
The tasse exists, and as you said its not well defined. What I mostly
encountered in recipes is the word mesure, which stands for a unit of
measurement; it could be a cup, a wine glass or a bowl. The concept is
based on proportions. For example: you are going to use 1 mesure (or
volume) of
Yes. In French recipes, I found conversion table from volume of ingredients
to their mass in grams. The reason is exactly for those who do not have a
scale and/or for convenience.
John Altounji
One size does not fit all.
Social promotion ruined Education.
From:
I so like it.
Thank you,
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Bruce Arkwright Jr
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:26 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Future Chinese bus. All the measurements are metric
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=t1gTzc7-IbQfeature=player_embedded
Http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=t1gTzc7-IbQfeature=player_embedded
Two weeks ago I was watching Hawaii 5.0. All the units were SI.
John Altounji
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Social promotion ruined Education.
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013
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