See: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW60034.shtml
-- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu] On Behalf > Of Pat Naughtin > Sent: 14 November 2002 20:16 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Cc: Curtin Radio > Subject: [USMA:23358] Re: metric = SI > > Dear Mike and All, > > I suspect that the real culprit here is the Bureau of Meteorology who are > providing data to the radio station that is too precise. Maybe you could > check with the Perth office of BOM. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin CAMS > Geelong, Australia > > on 2002-11-13 16.41, Mike Joy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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 > > | > > | > > | > > | > >
