2001-12-12 Can you scan it and convert it to a jpg and and attach it to an e-mail and send it to us via the listserver?
Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2001-12-12 07:53 Subject: [USMA:16614] RE: Metric in the news > my lexicon is from 2000, do you want the ISBN?? > > if I say 10 km^2 = 10 Kilometerquadrat > > > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [USMA:16608] RE: Metric in the news > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:18:14 -0800 > > > >Wizard: > > > >For authoritative confirmation that Kilometerquadrat means kilometer square > >(i.e., a square, 1 kilometer by 1 kilometer) and not square kilometer > >(i.e., > >an area of one million square meters [ein Million Quadratmeter], regardless > >of shape), take a look at the following reference: > >http://193.159.218.116/OE/tips.htm. > > > >To quote from the initial text: > > > >Tips zur Benutzung > >der Bodenrichtwertkarte des Kreises Olpe > > Der innerhalb der blauen Linien dargestellte Ausschnitt aus der > >Bodenrichtwertkarte entspricht in der Regel einem Quadrat mit einer > >Seitenl�nge von einem Kilometer, ein sog. Kilometerquadrat > > > >Translation of the last eleven words (for the non-German speakers): "... a > >square with a side of length one kilometer, a so-called kilometer square." > >(sog. is the standard abbreviation of sogennant, meaning so-called.) > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > >Roseville, CA > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >Behalf Of Bill Potts > >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 15:54 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:16607] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > >I already got that from my own library. My authority is the H. Wernicke > >Lexikon der Elektronic Nachrichten- und Elektrotechnik, published by Rohde > >und Schwarz (which I acquired, in D�sseldorf, about 10 years ago). > > > >Also, if you do a Google search with Quadratkilometer as the search > >argument, you'll find many contemporary references. Here's just one: > >http://www.bghn.de/region/bevoelkerung.cfm. > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > >Roseville, CA > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Wizard of OS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 15:18 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [USMA:16601] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > >you are talking nonsense! > > > >I can get the units dic from the library and prove it! > > > >dont mess with me! :D > > > > > > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [USMA:16601] RE: Metric in the news > > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:54:28 -0800 > > > > > >Nonsense. The German for square kilometer is Quadratkilometer. > > > > > >"n Kilometer Quadrat" has the same meaning as the English "n-kilometer > > >square." The "square" part of the expression is neither a unit of measure > > >nor a component of a unit of measure. It is simply descriptive. The unit > > >"kilometer" is used in defining the length of a side of that square. > >Thus, > > >a > > >four kilometer square (or vier Kilometer Quadrat) has an area of 16 > >square > > >kilometers (16 Quadratkilometer). > > > > > >Note that, absent a value (stated or implied), both kilometer square and > > >Kilometer Quadrat are meaningless (neither being a unit). > > > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > > >Roseville, CA > > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > >Behalf Of Wizard of OS > > >Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 06:15 > > >To: U.S. Metric Association > > >Subject: [USMA:16592] RE: Metric in the news > > > > > > > > >bill I guess there is a misunderstanding > > > > > >i.e. in german the therm for km� is Kilometerquadrat, which is valid for > > >more than 20 years now. > > > > > >a four kilometer square is 4 km� I presume > > > > > >deriving from the that the therm square kilometer is wrong at all, I have > > >never seen �km!!! > > > > > > > > > >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: [USMA:16590] RE: Metric in the news > > > >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 03:49:20 -0800 > > > > > > > >Interestingly, on CNN, Christiane Amanpour was describing the area > >being > > > >bombed as a four kilometer square. The news readers were referring to > >the > > > >same area as one and a half square miles -- an unnecessary and > >completely > > > >incorrect conversion. > > > > > > > >A four kilometer square is 16 square kilometers, or approximately 6 > > >square > > > >miles. > > > > > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > > > >Roseville, CA > > > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > >Behalf Of kilopascal > > > >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 15:55 > > > >To: U.S. Metric Association > > > >Subject: [USMA:16585] Metric in the news > > > > > > > > > > > >2001-12-10 > > > > > > > >This Morning on the NBC today show, a soldier from the Afghan conflict > > >was > > > >interviewed. He was one of the soldiers injured in the friendly fire > > > >attack > > > >that killed 3 of his comrades. > > > > > > > >Twice he gave distances and both times they were in kilometres > > > >(kill-lom-eters). Not once did he say an FFU term. Also, on the > >evening > > > >news on NBC, the reporter in Afghanistan near Tora Bora also reported > > >using > > > >"hundreds of metres" when describing bin Laden's possible hiding place. > > > > > > > >Also he stated that the deaths were the results of wrong co-ordinates > > > >radioed to the plane overhead as to where to drop the bomb. I wonder > >if > > > >someone made a metric/English conversion error. Will we ever know, or > > >will > > > >it be hushed up? Can you see the headlines: > > > > > > > >"AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIE IN VAIN BECAUSE OF ENGLISH/METRIC SYSTEM > >MISTAKE". > > > >Enough of these headlines might get the ball rolling. > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter > >http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Werden Sie Mitglied bei MSN Hotmail, dem gr��ten E-Mail-Service der Welt. > >http://www.hotmail.com/de > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp. >
