2002-10-19
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2002-10-19 08:02
Subject: [USMA:22793] Crazy anti-metric
argument
> site.
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> http://www.infora.com/cgi-bin/infora.pl
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>
> Well, well, now the 'Imperialists' are blaming the metric system for the
> trouble of converting from inches to centimeters and needing a calculator to
> do it! Also, see the idiotic metric values involved. Obviously Trevor thinks
> that THIS is the way the metric system is being used all the time! Yes, and
> we also use rulers with 2.54 cm increments, I presume!
>
>
> >For the use in drafting, which method is best? Why?
>
> (Trevor had divided an inch value by 3 and came to 1'10-13/24")
>
> Trevor stated:
> "make it 1 ft 10 & 13/24 in - and I used NO paper (did it in my head)
>
> Now to do it in metric, I had to use a calculator!:
> 67.625 in X 2.54 = 171.7675 cm / 3 = 57.255833 cm
> (altho' I could have done the 'divide by 3' in my head!)
>
> Metric was quicker ONLY because I used a calculator."
>
> My answer:
>
> In the first place: I would round 171.7675 cm to 172 cm and then divide by
> 3. This value was an exact conversion from Imperial to metric.
> This had nothing to do with metric. The calculator was necessary because a
> CONVERSION from Imperial to metric had to be made. Anything that uses metric
> from the outset will never use figures like 171.7675 cm or 57.255833 cm
> either. Claims that metric uses such crazy values are anti-metric
> propaganda. Suppose it had been 100 cm; divided by 3 would have been 33.3
> cm. If you choose 120 cm, divide it by 3: 40 cm. I surely do not need a
> calculator for that.
> I far prefer the metric method; I reject British and USA units. A method,
> metric or Imperial, may be best for any individual who is familiar with one
> or the other.
>
>
>
> Han
> Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
>
