On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:12:21 Jim Elwell wrote: ... >I rather doubt that Milton Friedman would extend his prediction to the >metric system, for many reasons: metric is used in many times more >countries as the euro, metric has been around far, far longer, countries >may fight over tariffs and trade wars and currency policies, but (metric) >countries don't fight over measurement systems. Etc., etc., etc. > Hi, Jim. Long time no see... Would you please enlighten me about your comment above? What do you mean, my friend? I'm confused, if, as you said, people would NOT fight over measurement systems why is it then that it would not be hypothetically possible for the demise of the SI system? Sorry, but this part of your statement just seemed a little contradictory to me...
>Wizard, Milton Friedman is one of the most famous (or infamous, depending >on your beliefs) Nobel-prize winners in the field of economics of the 20th >century. Yes, he is also an American. >... This reminds me of our most illustrious soccer player, Pele. Like him, some "stars" never miss the opportunity to keep their mouth shut! Like him, when they open their mouths we invariably hear nonsense! :-( Pele, BTW, is very famous in Brazil for that, i.e. that when he says something it's either "une grosse betise" or his "predictions" are nearly ALWAYS wrong!... (Thank golly thought that he wasn't wrong this time when he said Brazil would beat Germany in the final... But then again that was not such a difficult "prediction" to make, was it, being a Brazilian?... ;-) ). Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
