.....and why not shall the 'metric system' work. Computers accept One kilobit=1024! So does BIPM dictate us to use, as part of SI system.
Brij
From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:23508] Re: Can the metric system work?
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:46:15 -0800
??? What sort of garbage is this (that, among other things, 'the metric system of measurement had to go and that Hex and Deci will never mix')??? Chris, could you share with us some background on this weird talk/discussion please? Thanks.
In any case these claims below are nonsense! Computers can handle decimal systems just as well as hexa or binary systems. Besides, the ifp crap is NOT 'hexa' either. What a stupid reason to say that 'the metric system (must) go' (whatever he means by that...)!... :-( UGH...
Marcus
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:51:22
chris wrote:
>I've had the following enquiry, and would appreciate comments from
>anyone more knowledgable in this sphere than myself! (In the meantime,
>I'll try to understand his problem better.)
>
>Chris
>
>>We have experienced a great deal of system crashes and a high degree of
>>inaccuracies associated with all CNC software. We decided to involve
>>Topology and Automata experts to assist us in overcoming the problems. The
>>outcome was that the software data sets during the conversion from Hex to
>>Deci (ADI system) were the prime cause in that rounding off became
>>impossible for math coprocessors to handle at 1st level maths. For accurate
>>CNC operations we would require 4th level maths. It was later brought to our
>>attention that Microsoft was aware of this problem during the 1992 Alpha
>>Tests at which time it became abundantly clear that the problem could not be
>>rectified, furthermore the problem worsened as the time element entered the
>>equations, and as the frequency of 12 and 24 increased. Microsoft knew at
>>that time the metric system of measurement had to go and that Hex and Deci
>>will never mix. We are convince that engineering data exchange under ISO
>>10303 will be problematic and will emanate from the extensive use of real
>>numbers that are associated with the metric system of measurement.
>>Kindest regards,
>>
>>C H. Ryton.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Carlisle H. Ryton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:13 PM
>>Subject: Re: Can the metric system work?
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:28:37 -0000, you wrote:
>>
>>>Can you tell us how the metric system works with a 64 bit integer math and
>>binary algorithms setup?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>C H. Ryton.
>
>
>--
>UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
>
>
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