2002-11-28 As soon as I opened the link below the audio started to play. It is real cute.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-11-28 12:35 Subject: [USMA:23643] Kudo: metric lyrics at Univ. Wisc.-Madison (LIS 653) > I found the lyrics quoted below my signature block on the web at > http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~gometric/gogometrics.htm > They need a little cleaning up, but I sure like the sentiment! > Apparently there is a link available so that one can hear an audio > performance. I think it's one of the spiffiest metric ditties I've seen > yet. All they need is the correction of some grammatical problems (e.g., > start unit names in lowercase, not uppercase) and to replace that horrid > "KPH" with km/h. With these few exceptions, the author's comprehension > and representation of the metric system is very good. > > The alleged sponsoring group is the Metric Advancement Association of > Madison. To quote from another of their pages (dated 2002 May 01), > "The Metric Advancement Association of Madison > is an organization which strives to increase > awareness and use of the metric system through > education and encouragement. Although the group > is relatively small (15 members), we strive to > identify ourselves as metric supporters in all > activities, thus increasing awareness of the > system. > I have no idea if this is a real organization; it is probably a > fictional construction. But would like to hope that it is real; we need > good college clubs like this! Maybe I'll try to start one at the College > of Charleston. > > The site, posted on a web server provided for student projects, is well > worth exploring. One page provides three references. One is to a page > describing the Mars Climate Orbiter debacle. One is to a case involving > an appeal of a sentence on the basis that unit conversion was > incorrectly performed: > http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/02/04/011230P.pdf > The third is to another case but the link is non-existent and there is > insufficient citation for me to find it easily. > > The MAAM site was created by Caroline as a project for a Library > Information Sciences class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison > Graduate School and I am sending a blind copy of this email to her. She > did this in the Government Documents Class (LIS 653) [also titled > Government Information Sources], Spring 2002. Hopefully, she'll forward > this to her professor and perhaps her grade will be increased, given > proof that such fine works are noticed when published. > > Good luck, Caroline! And thanks! A tip of the hat also to Univ. Wisc. > for providing the site. I don't know who the professor was for that > particular course convening, but hopefully one of the three people given > blind copies here will forward this message. I would appreciate hearing > from them as well. > > Jim > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, LCAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone: 843.225.6789 > > also at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysinger > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > College of Charleston > > =========================================================== > Metricate > by the Go-Go Metrics > > If you really want to smile, > Use the kilometer, not the mile. > If you're stuck in a pinch, > Use the centimeter, not the inch. > Unless you are a stupid thug, > Use the kilogram, not the slug. > For your data to be sound, > Use the Newton, not the pound. > > Femto, pico, nano, micro, milli, centi, deci, > Let's employ a system that's not so messy! > > Wake up and join the cause, you fool! > Don't use the Calorie, use the Joule. > For your life to be much sweeter, > Don't use hogsheads, use the liter. > To keep yourself from being late, > Don't use knots, use KPH! > It's warm enough for you to delve in, > So don't use Fahrenheit, use Kelvin. > > Femto, pico, nano, micro, milli, centi, deci, > Let's employ a system that's not so messy! > > The English system is so badly out of date, > So c'mon let's get together and METRICATE! >
