On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 08:27:54 Jim Elwell wrote: >At 09:55 PM 6 October 2002 -0400, kilopascal wrote: >>Yes, you are very right. We talk freedom, but we don't practice it. >>Freedom means you can do whatever you want as long as it is my way, customs >>and culture. > >Yeah, kind of like saying, "You can measure any way you want, as long as >it's metric. Or we'll throw you in jail." > >You would agree with that, now wouldn't you John? > I can't obviously answer for John, but to me it would be like: "... Or you'll pay the price of continuing to use archaic, passi technology in higher taxes (those switching to metric instrumentation would get tax incentives for doing so, among potential other government actions...), added certification costs (involved in *YOU* calibrating your instruments in mandatory metric-only readings, which would be the only officially certifiable tools allowed to operate in your country, among other federally-controlled regulations), added exporting and operational costs (the former due to costs of bringing products in line with foreign regulations, the latter evidently associated with using decrepit technlogies and the clear long term opportunity costs of not metricating...), etc.
I'd like to believe that any sensible businessman would yield to the weight of economical and scientific evidence... (true, we'd have the burden of demonstrating that, but it shouldn't really be that hard, should it?...) ;-) (He, he...) Marcus PS: Greetings, dear Jim... Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
