Hello USMA (and fans)!
Just joined the list but have been growing an interest in US metrication for
some time.
I was just wondering: would it be beneficial for the USMA website's primary URI
to be http://metric.org rather than http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/?
I think the former looks a
As a non-USMA ember (though UKMA member), sounds a good idea, but if
everything is migrated to www.metric.org, please ensure that there is
adequate time for links on other sites (eg Wikipedia) to be migrated.
Martin Vlietstra
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
Hello Martin:
I assume this article is a joke?
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/06/01/secret-ukip-plans-to-decimate-the-metr
ic-system-revealed/
PS: I agree with www.metric.org as the better alternative. Honestly, the
entire website needs a new user interface.
-Original Message-
From:
Newsbiscuit is a satire site, my Google search noted that in the entry.
However, the tagline: The news before it happens might be a hint, along with
about half the tag words at the bottom of the article. However, I would like
to
suggest real news agencies introduce the unit fursure as a
I can assure you that the article
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/06/01/secret-ukip-plans-to-decimate-the-metr
ic-system-revealed/ is a joke. I think it right to say that Nigel Farage
is viewed in much the same light in the UK as Sarah Palin is viewed in the
US.
Had this appeared in the US,
That (metric.org) was implemented as an alias years ago. Try it by going
to that URL.
Jim
On 2013-06-02 01:42, Eric Kow wrote:
Hello USMA (and fans)!
Just joined the list but have been growing an interest in US metrication for
some time.
I was just wondering: would it be beneficial for
Right, sorry for not being clear earlier. Both metric.org and
lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger work, but the former redirects (?) to the latter.
If you bookmark the site for example, you don't use a metric.org URI. When you
search for USMA you don't get the metric.org address. I think it should
Are you looking for an SI replacement for the unit gal?
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of John M. Steele
Sent: 11 May 2013 12:15
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52758] RE: Numerical Verification of lbf and lbm with 9.80665
in Newton's
The Metric Petition: Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
...
A well documented Response:
1. The World Standard for units of measurement is the International System of
Units (SI).
2. The America COMPETES Act, Public Law 110-69 of 2007, states that the metric
system of
On Sunday, June 02, 2013 20:12:39 Martin Vlietstra wrote:
Are you looking for an SI replacement for the unit gal?
A gal is 1 cm/s². A gal is also a female. Neither is to be confused with AGAL,
an organization promoting a Portuguese-like orthography for Galician. :)
Pierre
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