At 08:30 AM 11 July 2002 -0700, Ma Be wrote: >On Wed, 10 July 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...
I was trying to say that wars (trade wards, shooting wars, etc.) have started over various issues tied to currencies. As far as I know, no war of any kind (except the verbal wars on this listserver) has ever started due to measurement systems. The real point of my post, however was that Milton Friedman did NOT predict the demise of the metric system. He predicted the demise of the EU and the euro. Now I know that makes some list members upset, but it does NOT mean that he is anti metric or predicted the demise of the SI system. Jim Elwell, CAMS Electrical Engineer Industrial manufacturing manager Salt Lake City, Utah, USA www.qsicorp.com
