On 2001-07-25 17:53 -0400, Nat Hager III wrote: > A couple intersting hits searching the State of California web site: > > http://www.state.ca.us/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp > > The first is CalTrans reaffirming committment to metric, as was posted last > fall, but now in a more readible form: > > http://www.caltrans.ca.gov/dist07/journal/journal_vol1_2_txt.htm Interesting. I just skimmed this article, but noticed discussion of driving piles: "the first application of the 1700 Kj hammer could send it another 10 m into the mud." Is that supposed to be kJ? Surely a hammer that delivers only 1700 kJ a pop wouldn't be very useful. > The second is a draft science education document, which mentions metric > frequently starting in the second grade: > > http://www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/cfir/drscfw.pdf Excellent! Bruce
