On Thu, 16 May 2002, Julian Foad wrote:
John Wojnaroski wrote:
I recall reading an article several years ago in a flying mag (can't
remember exactly where or when)
on someone's proposal to change the number of degrees on the compass from
360 to 400.
...
Have you noticed
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Thursday 16 May 2002 16:25:
After reading this story I can't help but note another advantage of SI:
easy-to-remember figures. 0 degrees celsius is where water freezes, 100
degrees is where water boils, and a liter of water weighs one kilogram. *)
[...]
*) I know, its
* Melchior FRANZ -- Thursday 16 May 2002 16:35:
... and the SI unit for temperature is Kelvin, no? :-
OK, OK. Degree Celsius is a so-called Derived SI Unit. :-)
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Melchior FRANZ writes:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Thursday 16 May 2002 16:25:
After reading this story I can't help but note another advantage of SI:
easy-to-remember figures. 0 degrees celsius is where water freezes, 100
degrees is where water boils, and a liter of water weighs one kilogram.
On Thu, 16 May 2002 09:48:06 -0500 (CDT)
Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... and the SI unit for temperature is Kelvin, no?
:-
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly
they wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
One of the worst things about metric,
* Curtis L. Olson -- Thursday 16 May 2002 16:48:
Melchior FRANZ writes:
... and the SI unit for temperature is Kelvin, no? :-
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly they wouldn't
overload unit names, right? :-)
There's no contradiction, as far as I see: degree comes
Jon S Berndt wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2002 09:48:06 -0500 (CDT)
Curtis L. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... and the SI unit for temperature is Kelvin, no?
:-
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly
they wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
One of the
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly
they wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
I recall reading an article several years ago in a flying mag (can't
remember exactly where or when)
on someone's proposal to change the number of degrees on the compass from
360 to
John Wojnaroski writes:
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly
they wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
I recall reading an article several years ago in a flying mag (can't
remember exactly where or when)
on someone's proposal to change the number of
John Wojnaroski wrote:
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly
they wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
I recall reading an article several years ago in a flying mag (can't
remember exactly where or when)
on someone's proposal to change the number of
John Wojnaroski wrote:
I recall reading an article several years ago in a flying mag (can't
remember exactly where or when)
on someone's proposal to change the number of degrees on the compass from
360 to 400.
...
Have you noticed Deg/Rad/Grad or DRG on every scientific calculator? Those
Christian said:
(Note: degrees are still valid as they are *internationally* well known.
slugs aren't)
Yes they are ... each country's definition depends on local climate and fauna,
ranging from one gram, through one ounce to as high as one pound. I don't
know of a slug being one kilogram but
Alex Perry wrote:
Christian said:
(Note: degrees are still valid as they are *internationally* well known.
slugs aren't)
Yes they are ... each country's definition depends on local climate and fauna,
ranging from one gram, through one ounce to as high as one pound. I don't
know of a
Curtis L. Olson wrote:
So what is the SI unit for direction/heading? Certainly they
wouldn't overload unit names, right? :-)
Oooh, here's a good one!
There *are* no unit names for angles. Angles are unitless numbers.
So to be strict, the SI unit for heading must be the radian. :)
FWIW,
On Thu, 16 May 2002 18:46:16 +0200
Christian Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christian said:
(Note: degrees are still valid as they are
*internationally* well known.
slugs aren't)
Alex responded:
Yes they are ... each country's definition depends on
local climate and fauna,
ranging
* Julian Foad -- Thursday 16 May 2002 18:27:
Have you noticed Deg/Rad/Grad or DRG on every scientific calculator?
Those are Grads. I've heard that the military use them ... but I haven't
seen any evidence of it.
Infantery and artillery use 0-6400 mil (called Strich over here), NBC also
uses
Christian Mayer wrote:
(Note: degrees are still valid as they are *internationally* well
known. slugs aren't)
Actually, there's a very good reason why we use a 360 degree circle.
This number has loads of small integer divisors. What's the inner
angle between the walls of a 4-sided room? 90
Andy Ross wrote:
Christian Mayer wrote:
(Note: degrees are still valid as they are *internationally* well
known. slugs aren't)
Actually, there's a very good reason why we use a 360 degree circle.
This number has loads of small integer divisors. ...In the days before
calculators, this
* Christian Mayer -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 17:39:
David Megginson wrote:
/environment/pressure-inhg
/environment/density-sea-level-slugft3
[...]
But I'm really concerned that these values aren't in SI units.
So most of the world (except the US and perhaps a few other countries)
can't
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 12:12 pm, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
* Christian Mayer -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 17:39:
David Megginson wrote:
/environment/pressure-inhg
/environment/density-sea-level-slugft3
[...]
But I'm really concerned that these values aren't in SI units.
So most of the
* Andy Ross -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 18:44:
Typical (North American, anyway) altimeters still
report feet, VSI indicators read in fpm, etc...
Same here. But please don't tell me that US meteorologist work
with slugft3.
PS: I withdraw my estimatian that 90% of the world are using SI-units.
I
--- Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* Andy Ross -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 18:44:
Typical (North American, anyway) altimeters still
report feet, VSI indicators read in fpm, etc...
Same here. But please don't tell me that US
meteorologist work
with slugft3.
Don't be so quick to
* Tony Peden -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 19:47:
Meters are not better than feet, just different.
[...]
Yes, obviously. It's the words international and standard that
make the difference. But these a quite essential details. And it
would be quite poor if US universities taught anything else than
SI
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:47:03AM -0700, Tony Peden wrote:
--- Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* Andy Ross -- Wednesday 15 May 2002 18:44:
Typical (North American, anyway) altimeters still
report feet, VSI indicators read in fpm, etc...
Same here. But please don't tell
James A. Treacy writes:
Of course, I am constantly reminded of my US background when I tell
the Scouts in my troop to cut a 6' piece of line and get blank stares.
They want me to say 2m. At the same time almost none of them can tell
me their 'weight' in kilograms.
I remember when I was in
James A. Treacy wrote:
SI is a real international standard, while 'english' units are just a mess.
Of course, I am constantly reminded of my US background when I tell
the Scouts in my troop to cut a 6' piece of line and get blank stares.
They want me to say 2m. At the same time almost
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:07:21AM +0200, Christian Mayer wrote:
Anyway to come back to the thread: isn't your story a proof that SI
should be used?
Proof? That's a bit strong.
I'm somewhat torn on this issue. Having grown up using english units,
I have a (small) soft spot for them. On the
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