2002-03-17 I agree with you. To do so, you would have to get rid of all devices that are calibrated in these units and replace them with ones calibrated strictly in SI units.
Don't confuse my agreement with a suggestion to make a pound equal to 500 g meaning I want to retain such a unit. I believe that the pound should not be a legal unit for trade. But we can't force people to use SI. Thus to make it easier on ourselves we force them to make their units equal to something simple in ours. Thus when they speak theirs, we can easily convert it to ours. We only compromise or accept theirs as a slang term and not an officially legal unit. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-17 11:48 Subject: [USMA:18831] Re: Short unit names > I opponent that! > > those pseudo units shown be abolished, I propose the mmHg should be stopped! > I dont see a reason to use them! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:54 AM > Subject: [USMA:18829] Re: Short unit names > > > > Its use should absolutely be restricted to the printing industry. It > should > > never spread beyond it, > > > > Han > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-17 01:27 > > Subject: [USMA:18804] Re: Short unit names > > > > > > > Han Maenen wrote in USMA 18799: > > > > > > >This is also why I fervently support the Q. It is based on SI, the mm, > > even though it is a quarter of that unit, still simply expressed with the > > decimal > > fraction 0.25. > > > > > > I couldn't disagree more. > > > > Joseph B.Reid > > 17 Glebe Road West > > Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071 > > >
