On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 06:20:29 M R wrote: >Hi Brij > >Our intention is not to hurt you, but what irritates >us is changing the length of the meter. > >Meter is the length based on the planet earth, yes the > >cicumference of the earth is 40 Mm (megameters), tell >this to a child or a layman and they can understand >and >memorise it very easily. > Yes, but aside from this simplicity one must mention that it would just be a matter of choosing an average diameter that would yield exactly that value. I don't know if the actual value is technically tied to the official "sea level" on our planet (what I mean is we all know that this value, 40 Mm, is not exact). Perhaps someone here could clarify this to us. If this is not the case what would stop us from *defining* that specific diameter so that this issue can be definitively settled?
>Instead if you base it on arc-angle it becomes more >complicated. Also think of the impact on our World. > There is actually nothing complicated about it (arc-angle). As I mentioned above all we need is to draft our planet with a grid that would reflect an *exact* meter and all would fall in line. If that meant that isotonic lines be placed some 560 m below sea level, so be it... Comments, anyone?... >Changing the length of meter affects >* 800 million vehicles. >* Millions of sign-posts. >* 100's of 1000's of trains, boats, ships, aeroplanes, >etc. >* Entire clothing industry. >* Cables. >* Metal rolls, etc and a lot more. >Also it will impact other units like pressure, area, >volume, etc. > Yes, a change to the size of the meter would be extremely traumatic not only in practical terms but also in theory as an uncontable number of units would also have to change. It would certainly be chaos! >Your justification for 24 hours is even more annoying. >If 24 is a good #, then we can set >1 deka = 24 >1 hecto = 576 (24 * 24) >1 kilo = 13824 (24 * 24 * 24) >In the same way, the divisibles like deci, centi & >milli. > As for your statement above concerning 24 h I'm sorry, but you lost me here, Madan. In any case, we should not mix things here, it's already bad enough that the computer industry came with their "binary" "metric" prefixes to confound people... So, let's leave this issue of non-decimal prefixes alone, shall we? (Please?...) >Metrication is only a part of base-10 system and hence >a part of decimilization. No 1 claimed that it is >above it. > Actually these two are indissoluble, even though they are distinct in nature. I.e. there is the decimal base and there is the SI, except that SI is built on the foundation of the decimal base system. >By the way, if you bring the religious concept of >Kaliyuga, then some of our christian friends will be >bringing their 'theory of creation' which will create >choas in this group. Please keep religion out. >... That's why I refrained from making any comment on that aspect of his post... Cheers, Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
