Dave, I'm not sure that all of you guys on this list are aware of the fact that the US has introduced metric units since a long time.
In 1866 Congress voted for the metric system, and in 1894 again administration passed bills in that direction. Only in 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act which, however, nobody seems to take notice of. People just didn't want or were too lazy. Nowadays, the US together with other important countries as Liberia and Birma are the only ones not using the metric system in the world (look at the world map at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrisches_Einheitensystem). Regards Peter dave schrieb: > Some places decided that they could increase the effective price by > 10-20% by going metric because the customer wasn't smart enough to > do the conversion. Ha! That crashed quickly. So much for greed. > I do believe that if we (US) had used metric on signs for the > interstate hwy system and provided incentives for selling gasoline and > diesel using liters > we'd be metric today. Instead we have a mixed system where international > companies, eg. aerospace and automotive are metric and almost everything > else is english/imperial. > I once had a GM manufactured car that was part metric and part english; > now that was a pain. Logic and politics are rarely in the same room. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
