The 'commercial' acre of 35 000 ft2 would be a beginning. It is already tolerated by a number of US states. In the same way the use of 'commercial' yards of 30 inches, pounds of 12 ounces, gallons of 3 quarts etc. can be introduced as measurement will be free. The ultimate way to hide price increases and to legally use false weights and measures.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-01-29 00:35 Subject: [USMA:17716] Un-define non-SI (was RE: Voting for SI) > Adrian, I proposed this many months ago. Suppose NIST were to certify > only metric scales on instruments and were to promulgate an announcement > that henceforth all non-SI quantities were uncertified and could be > anything the user felt like. Then the confidence in non-SI quantities > would vanish and their value in industry would, too. <snip>
