It becomes a parochial patois. IF it had a rational SI base [such as 'micron' has] it could be a useful 'tag' [eg. like 'litre']. D. -----Original Message----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 17, 2002 11:38 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 >
