Star Trek has been metricated since ST The Next Generation. Can't remember for sure but they may have even used some metric in the original series. Gene Rodenbery was quite progressive!
>>> "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/16/01 02:19PM >>> I have already noticed that ST Voyager has been fully metric too. As I am from germany we have all in german translation and they automaticly convert everything in SI but when I see the movies in original I notice more and more metric. Mission to mars has been completely metric! >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [USMA:15635] Re: Using quasi metric in movies >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:45:10 -0500 > >Interstingly enough, the FIA/Formula One uses KPH in their timing and >scoring gear. Everytime you see a car pass the speedtrap, the FIA scoring >equipment made by Tag Hauer and Siemens displays xxx.xxx KPH. > >"Adam Baranski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was watching "Star Trek Enterprise" over the weekend and noticed one >of > > the characters used "KPH" to describe the wind speed. This just >irritates > > me. It promotes bad SI usage and most Americans watching the movie might > > think KPH is a legitimate metric symbol. > > > > Looking on the bright side, however, the authors think that 200 years >from > > now everyone is using metric (bad metric but still metric). > > > > AB > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp
