On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Ron Ginger <[email protected]> wrote: >> What is interesting is that Americans having European roots did not >> adopt metric system while Japanese did long time ago. >> >> -- Rafael > > The US did adopt the metric system. The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 > (Public Law 94-168) passed by Congress. The Metric Act established the > U.S. Metric Board to coordinate and plan the increasing use and > voluntary conversion to the metric system. > > But then in 1982 President Ronald Reagan disbanded the U.S. Metric Board > and canceled its funding. > > So, as with so many things Regan declared the government was the > problem, and our slow decay of infrastructure, science research and the > space program began. > > ron ginger
Yup that sad decay. We're building private space ports, and still pretty much lead the world in technology. Infrastructure decay is solely at the feet of the government. They'd rather spend money on things not necessary, like the bridge to nowhere, entitlements, and many other useless programs to buy votes, rather than fix the things that should be fixed. Reagan was 100% correct. Government is the problem. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
