[USMA:44130] Half-metric diaper commercial?

I was watching television earlier and a commercial came on for Huggies brand diapers, which showed a baby crawling around with an announcer mentioning something about the baby finally reaching 1000 yards (along with a counter at the bottom left of the screen which runs throughout most of the com

[USMA:44129] Re: Whitehouse Open For Questions on Thursday

Tried to vote, but it said voting is closed. Oh well. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Paul Armstrong wrote: > > NB: Voting stops at 09:30 Eastern (06:30 Pacific) _Thursday_. > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/openforquestions/ > Search for metric and vote. > > Sorry for the short notice, I only foun

[USMA:44128] Re: Firefighter return to S. Oregon after battling Australian wildfires

Dear John, Thanks for that reference. I have passed it on to the leaders of the fire service here in Victoria together with my offer to become involved in the metric training program for our fire fighters. Many years ago I was a volunteer fire fighter but, alas no more. I fear that in my

[USMA:44127] RE: A novel use of the words: metric system

Good one. However, I guess I was dealing with what's appropriate, rather than what's profitable. :-) Bill _ Bill Potts W FP Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colost

[USMA:44126] RE: A novel use of the words: metric system

In education circles, "systems" is a higher-valued word than "categories". One gets larger funding for "systems". Jim Bill Potts wrote: Well, it's fairly obvious that, in that context, they should have said something like "categories of metrics." Bill -

[USMA:44125] RE: A novel use of the words: metric system

Well, it's fairly obvious that, in that context, they should have said something like "categories of metrics." Bill _ Bill Potts W FP Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] _ From: owner-u...@colostate.ed

[USMA:44124] Re: Periodic Motion

A "periodic" function is *more regular* in time than a "cyclical" function. Examples: Sunrise and sunset are nearly periodic in time, but *slowly* change with the seasons in a well predictable regularity. The shedding of tree leaves is cyclical, but not accurately predictable, being much les

[USMA:44123] Re: Firefighter return to S. Oregon after battling Australian wildfires

Why try to convert when actually 'on the job'? What does converting achieve, when you're communicating only with others who are also talking metric? All this does is (a) slow down your understanding of the metric system (or anything new, for that matter), (b) increase the probability of errors

[USMA:44122] Westec Show

I am going to the Westec show next week, to learn about new technology. Is there anybody on this list whose firm is exhibiting there that has information on metric technology?

[USMA:44120] Re: Without Hot Air

On 2009/03/26, at 11:09 AM, Stan Jakuba wrote: If you are interested in the performance of sources and dissipaters of energy, this book has it all. And it is METRIC. www.withouthotair.com Dear Stan, Thanks for this reference. The writer has done some fascinating research and I particularl