At 12:02 PM 1/29/2002 -0500, James R. Frysinger wrote: > Oh, I definitely agree that the government must "fix the standards"! >Here, of course, "fix" means to "set" or "define", not to "repair"; but >I'm sure we agree on that also. However, the government has fixed the >standards and they are SI. The problem we have in the US is that the >government has fixed two standards: SI and "all the others, as defined >in terms of the SI". I just want to get rid of the American Hodgepodge >units and leave the SI standing alone.
This is a analysis that I need to put some real thought into. You are certainly correct that we have two fixed standards, one of which is defined in terms of the other. However, I still see a problem with fraud if the government "decertifies" units that have been long used as "legal for trade" units. That is not the case with "supersize" or "two scoops." Jim Elwell
