2002-10-14 Han,
I don't think commentators make conversions. They read from a script. Either one printed and they hold in their hand and read from it or they read from a teleprompter. Someone behind the scenes actually prepapres the news that the commentators reads. And in many cases, the preparers just pull the information of the wire services. They may also have a have a tape feed if there are video pictures to show It is also possible, that the original English may have said that "thousands of gallons" flowed, and not just a thousand gallons. Something more vague. To which the conversion would just have been thousands of litres, where the word litre replaces the word gallon. BTW, L/m means litres per metre. L/min means litres per minute. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-10-14 01:45 Subject: [USMA:22693] Re: Voluntary metrication > Now it is Italy and Greece who want these ridiculous 1 and 2 euro notes. > Let's hope that their requests end up where they belong: in the trash. > The Greeks use the same arguments the Italians use: paper money is supposed > to be anti-inflationary and we should accept them because they are used in > the USA. > Let's abandon metric and adopt ifp! That is also used in the USA! > BTW there was a news item about a leaking water mains in San Francisco. The > Dutch commentator stated that about 4 500 L/m flowed into the streets. I > think that was a conversion from 1000 gallons per minute. And the Dutch > commentator did not know that the US gallon differs from the Imperial one. > > Han > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-10-13 17:58 > Subject: [USMA:22672] Re: Voluntary metrication > > > 2002-10-13 > > Exactly how does holding paper money make it feel more valuable? Does a > dollar bill really feel more valuable then a coin? A golden coloured coin > seems more valuable to me then a dirty, crumpled, old piece of paper. Even > the machines have trouble with most dollar bills. The condition of most > bills is so bad it takes many tries and a lot of patience before a machine > may take the paper. What will the Greeks do if they get their wish and the > machines refuse to accept Euro notes once they've become disgusting? > > In times of trouble, it is coins of precious metal that have the real value. > Paper is worthless. > > The Americans are the only ones still using paper for the unit denomination. > Everyone else is using a coin and happy with it. > > What utter nonsense!! > > "Nur wenn die Leute Scheine haben, werden sie endlich begreifen, wie viel > Kaufkraft der Euro wirklich besitzt", sagten Wirtschaftsexperten im > griechischen Rundfunk. "Die Amerikaner wissen ganz genau, warum sie > Ein-Dollar-Scheine haben." > > John > > <snip> > >
