2000-12-09
But, if these units are an LED or LCD readout at your end, and have been
designed to be "convertible", then the units can be changed at anytime, and
most likely via the modem or radio.
With these types of units, it eliminates the argument that converting to SI
is costly. With digital gas pumps, scales in stores, utility meters, etc.
the conversion can be done in an instant by either the flip of a switch, or
a software change from a distant. I can understand the cost argument twenty
years ago when everything was still mechanical and needed labour intensive
changes to convert the devices over. But, with more and more digital and
software driven devices being used, where everything is changed via a
program, it makes a conversion to SI use virtually costless. And if it can
be done with no cost, then there is no reason not to do it.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der sich irrt�mlich
glaubt frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Behalf Of Paul Trusten
Sent: Saturday, 2000-12-09 07:44
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:9648] Re: Miles, nautical miles, and knots
We've had this in Massachusetts for several years. BostonGas does meter
readings by radio transmission. Bay State Gas (in western MA) does meter
readings by modem dial-up. Sorry to say, however, that natural gas is
measured in cubic WOMBAT.
