I agree. People who are technically correct make it seem complicated and
confusing and are counterproductive when it comes to the real world and when
promoting the metric system
Al Lawrence
From: USMA <usma-boun...@colostate.edu> on behalf o
That is a terrible cartoon. It makes the metric system seem complicated,. Even
worse, it makes it look like a lot of math is involved and most people hate
math and will do almost anything to avoid it. It is completely
counterproductive.
Al Lawrence.
On Jul 11, 2016 8:52 PM, "Hillger,D
people there
now? What is FMI's current position and what is their justification? When was
the issue last brought up with the FLPA?
Al Lawrence
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:00:32 -0500
Subject: [USMA:54830] RE: [Rep: Al Lawrence] U.S. Is Metricating Faster than We
Think
From: mwhensch
or exported. Things are much
different in 2015. I do not know how the brewers feel about it now. If they
are in favor, maybe the TTB would work with them again.
Al Lawrence
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:57:07 +
From: jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
To: alana...@hotmail.com; usma@colostate.edu
need to find if the big brewers want to go to metric labeling. I
wrote to several of them a few years ago and got no response at
all other than a couple of form letters. Perhaps the USMA can get a better
response and
find out what their position on metric labeling is.
Al Lawrence
From
. Most people do not
want to be bothered with that. Even many of those who understand the advantage
of metric do not want to be bothered with that. Many will resist. We cannot
rely on logic alone, we have to account for people's emotional response.
Al Lawrence
Date: Thu, 4 Jun
must be kept as
simple and as intuitive as possible.
Al Lawrence
From: phy...@msn.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:54662] Re: Adoption of the metric system in medicine
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:10:21 -0700
Absolutely L/km makes sense. Also, it is already in use this way. John
and the
internet.
Al Lawrence
From: phy...@msn.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:54630] California petition
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:45:12 -0800
I am launching a petition
athttps://www.change.org/p/california-governor-metric-california and a campaign
athttp://bit.do/tounj California
and could be
confusing, which does not help our cause. Too many people already think
(believe) the metric system is confusing. Keep it as clear and simple as
possible.
Al Lawrence
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:48:02 -0800
From: pawil...@pacbell.net
Subject: [USMA:54466] Re: What to call non
EXCELLENT letter. No long-winded preaching about the benefits of SI or wailing
about how the US is behind the times, just the pertinent facts, and a great
statement about how no one would be required to take any action or incur any
cost. That's the way to do it.
Al Lawrence
Date: Wed
would have
had SI long ago.
Al Lawrence
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:09:20 -0700
From: cont...@metricpioneer.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:54306] Re: Representative Greenlick Support for
LC0044_DRAFT_2015_Regular_Session.pdf
Well there you have it. Rep Greenlick
I think this sums up the attitude of most Americans perfectly. They know a lot
of things in the US are already metric, they think going to metric seems like a
good idea and that maybe someone should finally make a decision, but in the
end, they just don't want to bother.
Al Lawrence
I thought she was mocking people who are against the metric system,
Loosen up !!!
To: usma@colostate.edu
CC: usma@colostate.edu; mgi...@mymacmail.com
From: br...@bjwhite.net
Subject: [USMA:54185] Re: The Metric System with Wanda Sykes
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:22:55 -0700
Oh come on, that
have the technology to do it. The ads I have
seen say things like fill to whatever weight you want, up to 16 pounds or
some other customary unit, but I only looked at a couple of US website
Al Lawrence
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:25:27 -0700
From: cont...@metricpioneer.com
To: usma
be figured out from the
context. No big deal.
Al Lawrence
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 19:19:22 -0500
Subject: [USMA:53871] RE: Phil Chernack's message
From: mwhensch...@gmail.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
CC: usma@colostate.edu
Would you teach people English, and then say you don't care if they say I
I agree. A slip of the tongue. Big deal.
Al Lawrence
To: usma@colostate.edu
CC: usma@colostate.edu; metricpion...@gmail.com
From: br...@bjwhite.net
Subject: [USMA:53396] RE: km Confusion
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:41:11 -0800
Oh I see. He misspoke. Mon dieu!
From: cont
Double and add 30. It is very close for typical air temperatures
Subject: [USMA:53111] Trips: Bears! Mountains! The metric system! A golf
adventure in Whistler
From: i...@metricrules.org
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:07:47 -1000
To: usma@colostate.edu
From Golf magazine: This adventure
An Engineer understands the concept of significant numbers (or significant
figures) and would not be likely to come up with 403 mL. Not understanding
significant numbers results in a lot of the silliness we see, like in the
example below
From: howard.res...@dot.ny.gov
To: usma@colostate.edu
In the US at least,
Tonne should always refer to the metric unit
Ton should always refer to the old imperial unit - 2000 pounds
They must be kept as two separate units of weight to avoid confusion and
eliminate any safety issues that might be brought up by opponents of metrication
Al
pennies and nickels, until businesses stop adding 99 cents at the end of every
price, and until they start posting honest prices which include tax. The lack
of round pricing is what creates too much pocket change and a $1 coin won't
work until that changes.
Al Lawrence
From: j
If you go to Mexico you will see signs like 4369.9 pesos per liter
From: carlet...@comcast.net
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:50329] RE: U.S. gasoline prices
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:45:56 -0400
And EVERYBODY is still doing that extra nine-tenths of a cent (pence) idiocy.
Carleton
I agree sending reprints to members of Congress is commendable. Of course,
most members of Congress will look at the idea of promoting SI through the
filter of Will this get me votes?. The unfortunate answer is probably not.
Therefore, when the reprints are sent out it should be suggested
I have some experience teaching 10 and 11 year olds in the US. I think you
would find very few students would win any money at all on either set of
questions. In fact, many high school students would win no money, and even the
vast majority of those that did could not possibly do it without
Californians are even more resistant to
change than other Americans. Perhaps it has to do with arrogance. If
we are the best then there is no reason to change.
Al Lawrence
.21889 inches is basically .22 or a 22 caliber bullet (at least in the
US). Caliber is usually the diameter of the bullet in inches, normally
referred to without the decimal point. An M-16, or any other modern
military gun, would be designed to optimize things such as the weight of
the gun
The main resistance to the dollar coin in the US is that no one wants to carry
a big pocket full of change around. Replacing the dollar bill with a coin
makes sense, but only if you get rid of the penny at the same time. That
would require rounding up or down on some items. Unfortunately
The dumb reason why wine labeling is metric and beer is not is that in 1979 and
1980 US manufacturers of wine and distilled
spirits converted to metric only labeling primarily because the
industry requested it Beer and malt beverages did not go metric
because that industry “showed
In 1979 and 1980 wine and distilled spirits converted to metric, and, in fact,
currently only use metric unit labeling, they do not use supplemental units.
This was not done as a result of pro metric groups or by fiat, it was done
because the industry requested it. Beer and malt beverages
Getting the post office to go metric will be difficult because of all the usual
problems with public resistance, but to start with, it seems like they could do
all international mail in grams and kilos. International mail has different
rate structures anyway, and since it's international
I agree we need new thread. While I find the postings here
interesting and sometimes even entertaining, I am not really that
concerned with minutia like railroad gauges in Russia, the incorrect use of kph
or whether pints of beer should be sold in English pubs. I am more
interested in the
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