2000-10-13
No, it doesn't go to him. I post these messages from the Yahoo site to this
listserver so those that can't or won't go their themselves can read the
messages. If you want, you should go to the site and become a member (just
sign up, it is free) and add your 2 c� to the forum.
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Scott Clauss
Sent: Friday, 2000-10-13 17:40
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:8538] RE: FW: Time vs. mass, volume, etc. [Yahoo! Clubs:
Metric America]
One should point out to Jake (does this go to him?) that the second is a
metric (SI) unit. minutes, days, etc. are not but...
All these exchanges have sort of struck me as silly recently. With a 95%
world majority our side has already won. People who argue against
the world
standard because of the alleged inconvenience of factoring 10, or whatever,
are just a bunch of Canutes telling the tide to stay out.
Scott C
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 1:29 PM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:8527] FW: Time vs. mass, volume, etc. [Yahoo! Clubs:
> Metric America]
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: danb_83 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 2000-10-13 01:12
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Time vs. mass, volume, etc. [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]
>
>
> Jake, you seem to have a different definition of "metric" than I do. The
> real advantage of metric units is not that they are based on 10
> (that helps
> calculations a lot, of course, but is by no means essential) but they are
> the same in every country and their sizes never depend on what is being
> measured.
>
> Our system of time, although nondecimal, lacks the ambiguity of the
> so-called "standard" units. Every nation in the world long ago
agreed that
> "minute" means 60 seconds, "hour" means 60 minutes, and "day" means 24
> hours. Since there is never any confusion over the units of time,
> the "If it
> ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality can safely be applied. Although
> decimalized time might make a few calculations easier, the benefit is far
> too small to justify replacing every clock in the world. And it still
> wouldn't do anything to simplify the 365.2425 days in a year.
>
> On the other hand, Olde English measurement units are much more
ambiguous.
> For example, an "ounce" could be 28.4 g, 31.1 g, 28.4 mL, or 29.6 mL.
> "Barrel" and "ton" also have multiple definitions. Now, can you
> honestly say
> that this doesn't cause confusion?
>
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