Re USMA 17445, thanks, Jim! >Randi, > >You posed an interesting question here. I've been thinking about it and >this feeble candidate for a possible answer is what I've come up with. >Let me know what you think. > >SI is simpler than any other "system" of measurement. It has fewer (I >won't say "none"!) peculiarities and inconsistencies; it presents fewer >difficulties in presenting information reliably. It is better >standardized and it is more universally understood over the breadth of >the global population, from the technically competant to simple folk. > >Plain text is simpler than HTML. It has fewer (again, I won't say >"none"!) peculiarities and inconsistencies; it presents fewer >difficulties in presenting information reliably. It is better >standardized and it is more universally understood over the breadth of >the globally used email readers, from the technically elegant to simple >programs and computer systems. > >I suppose that this common thread -- along the lines of "keep it simple" >-- is what is common to the feelings some of us have for SI and plain >text and against complicated sets of units and HTML coding. > >That's the thought, the desire for simple and universally reliable >communication, that came to mind when I contemplated your question. >Works for me, anyway. It's not a case of "new" versus "old", as some >might suppose; after all, the metric system is over 200 years old! > >Jim > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> .... it irks me a bit that a group of my peers progressive enough to >>want SI in the USA can't tolerate HTML). > >-- >Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" >James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ >10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
