Hi all, Some people live in the past and remember when the old cgs measures were defined, hence the other system other than SI.
We have a problem here in Perth where older radio announcers still give out local temperatures in tenths of a degree. This is a relic from the changeover days when listeners demanded finer temp recording because 1 degree C is about 2 degrees F. Now we get the situation where the announcer quickly says "Currently the temperature is twenty (muffle) point NINE" and so it sounds like the temp is 29. What he meant was 21.9 and it's so annoying when '22 degrees" will do fine. Who can tell the difference between 21.9 and 22? I've written letters to this station for 2 years but you just can't change these old codgers. All best Mike Perth, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:44 AM Subject: [USMA:23314] metric = SI | Joseph B. Reid wrote: | >Please quote the text where NIST equated "metric" and "SI". | | [begin quote} | NIST wrote that it is confusing and redundant: a) to use the term "SI | metric" system because it implies that there are metric systems other | than the International System of Units (SI), | | [end quote] | | http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fpla/basis_jan1994.html | | -- | Terry Simpson | Human Factors Consultant | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.connected-systems.com | Phone: +44 7850 511794 | | | |
