Here's the final outcome with this web site manager.  I'd say he did a
pretty good job of it, although I'd like to have seen the metric units
come first.

Bruce

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:25:25 -0600
From: Tom Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Units of measure at http://www.dmns.org/imax/facts.html

Hi Bruce,

We've gone ahead and made the additions you suggested to our IMAX Theater Facts page. 
Thanks again for the info!

-Tom Fabian
Web Site Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science

>>> Bruce Raup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 10/12/01 10:02 AM >>>
Hi Tom,

On 2001-10-11 22:17 -0600,  Tom Fabian wrote:

> Thanks for taking the time to provide us with your comments & info. It
> is not something we had thought about, but it certainly would be more
> useful to many of our Web site visitors to have metric units as well.

Thanks for your prompt and positive response!

By the way, I just reread what I wrote before about the film speed through
the camera being 100 m/min.  This is the same as a normal (non-strolling)
walking pace:  I walk about 6 km/hr = 6000 m / 60 min = 100 m/min.
Another way to think of it is 10 minutes per kilometer.

Also, I find the following web resources to be useful guides to
recommended metric style:

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/correct.htm (from the US Metric
Association)

http://commerce.aip.org/metric.htm (Guide for Metric Practice from
"Physics Today")

I look forward to taking in the IMAX experience on Sunday.

Bruce

-- 
Bruce Raup
National Snow and Ice Data Center                     Phone:  303-492-8814
University of Colorado, 449 UCB                       Fax:    303-492-2468
Boulder, CO  80309-0449                                    [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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