Very good, Dennis! :-) Just a small enhancement comment below. On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:02:30 Dennis Brownridge wrote: >The prefixes issue is important because it's impeding the success of >metrication. A common complaint from the public is that "metric is fine for >science but impractical for everyday life" due to the long, clumsy numbers >and names in many everyday metric quantities. Specifically, people often >object to millimeters. What to do about this? >... I honestly don't believe this is really what's "impeding" metrication's success. There aren't that many prefixes (really) to "memorize". And thanks to the computer industry, some of these have become so common as to have become part of "popular" parlance nowadays. Besides, there are even more so names of units linked to the ifp system!!! (Therefore, they should look at their own "backyard" first!...) As for "impractical for everyday life", that's complete bolloney! Popular usage has been "nicknaming" such "long" names in very acceptable ways. One such way is simply to pronounce the letters, like in kPa, for instance. Marcus Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com
