Hi John and friends: True, a lot many wish an easier way of life and intend to *touch the delete* button from USMA listing. But, is that the ANSWER! Most agree that Gregorian calendar needs correction! Where are the THINK TANKS, if not USMA members. A lot of things can be overnight as you have rightly mentioned. The problem of failure shall arise *IF WE RESORT TO CHANGING NAMES* of units and quantities. But, a reference to known 'expressions' like the HOUR-MINUTE-SENOND or the DEGREE; using 'decimal and/or metric'-- to be dropped later, how on Earth it is going to COST *the billions*. Just imagine your wall clock has additional 100 divisions, along with the age old 60 (exactly divisible by Ten (10) numbers, 2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20 and 30). And, so is the 24-Hours and 15-degree Hour-angle : again 24 being divisible by 2,3,4,6,8,12; as many as Six(6) numbers to help us in *astronomy and mathematics* without ever bothering resistance from the HUMAN mind. No changes in trigonometric functions! To me this is as, if NOTHING is changing! The 7-day religious 'sabbath' is kept undistracted! Well,....no more I shoud advocate! And, to know time without changing your *watches or clocks* JUST read the minutes on your watch/clock and multiply by five and divide by three to have the DECIMAL MINUTES after the 'existing hour'intact! Brij Bhushan Vij
>From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21349] Re: Metrication activities >Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:14:55 -0400 > >2002-07-21 > >The most important things to convert first, are weather reporting, gasoline >pumps and weighing machines in the grocery stores. Each of these can be >done almost over night and with virtually no cost. These also have the >effect of exposing the general population to weather terms in SI, such as >degrees Celsius (temperature) , hecto/kilopascals (air pressure), >millimetres/centimetres (rain/snow depth); metres (water levels); >kilometres >per hour/metres per second (air speed), etc. The conversion of gas pumps >will expose the public to the litre in a form other than a trade name in >soda pop sizing. The conversion of scales will expose the public to the >use >of the gram and kilogram. > >Weather Reporting: Since the info is already available from the sources in >SI, and converted somewhere down the line, all that need be done is the >converting to FFU stopped. This should be a cost savings as there must be >a >cost to convert to FFU, so not doing it is a cost savings. > >Gasoline pumps & grocery scales: Most of these are digital by now and all >capable of being converted. No need to buy new equipment. These devices >can be switched over simply by either a hardware switch internal to the >device or a software code. > >There is no economical reason these can not be changed in a short time with >minimal expense. There may also be other areas where change can be made >quickly and with little or no expense and has the effect of exposure to the >new units. If we can get these simple areas to change first, it may be >easier to do the more costly ones shortly thereafter. > >Any comments? > >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, 2002-07-22 23:21 >Subject: [USMA:21348] Metrication activities > > > > Carleton wrote about metric time and calendar: > > With all respect, this is something to think about LONG after we have > > overcome the REAL hurdle, that is, getting the USA into the metric camp >once > > and for all, and finishing the job in the baby-halfway-born countries >like > > Canada. Tinker with time at the same time you overhaul the measurement > > system and the yelling will be heard on Mars. > > > > Amen to this! I will be one of the ones yelling, because new calendar > > proposals and clocks would distract from the important job of >metricating > > the U.S. I do *not* support suggestions to change the second or the >meter, > > both of which have been suggested in this mailing list (unless I read > > something wrong). > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
