Well. I am 1810 millimeters tall, but that would also be a ridiculous
way to render my height because human height is rendered in
centimeters on every non-US drivers license I have ever seen. BIPM
created prefixes for good reasons, so the argument is not with me, but
with those people officially tasked with defining international
measurement standards. Limiting yourself is a bad idea. Do tell us how
wide a hydrogen atom is.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 08:20:26 -0800
From: Harry Wyeth <hbwy...@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: hbwy...@earthlink.net
Subject: [USMA:53472] Re: Math Test
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Sun to Jupiter is 779 million km.
HARRY WYETH
Sent from my iPad
On 27 Dec 2013, at 7:59, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote:
Small minds are self-limiting. What is the width of a hydrogen
atom? How far is Jupiter from the sun? Intelligent people need
appropriate units to measure very small and very large things.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:12:41 -0000
From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: vliets...@btinternet.com
Subject: [USMA:53469] Re: Math Test
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
I also agree. In addition, I would be wary of talking about megametres
(even though the term is technically correct) - this unit is hardly ever
used in the literature. I think it appropriate to limit oneself to the
prefixes "mega" to "micro" until one is ready to start introducing joules,
watts and the electrical measurements when once could extend the range
upwards to "terra" and downwards to "pico" (both of which are used in IT or
in electrical measurements.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Ressel, Howard (DOT)
Sent: 26 December 2013 13:26
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53468] Re: Math Test
I agree, too much math and work for 8:30 on December 26th.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Harry Wyeth
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 11:46 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53463] Re: Math Test
What is the point here? I started the survey and quit when
encountering all
the arcane prefixes. If the goal is to educate folks about the simplicity
of SI, this is a great way to botch it. No real person in a metric country
will ever know what a yota-whatever is, and it is not necessary. If we
could get people to just deal with liters, kilometers and meters, and
kilograms (and a few of their variations that we all use), that is all we
need to do. The results of this "survey" will be meaningless,
regardless of
the good intent of the person who created it.
HARRY WYETH
On 12/25/13, 1933:33, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/25LRWBD
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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