2003-02-28

I did a Google search on "Daniel Liebeskind" and found his homepage is on a
Dutch server.  I did not research the site yet, nor did I look at the other
sites Google found.  But, I thought you might find it interesting that his
homepage is on a Dutch server.

Check it out.

http://www.ooo.nl/royal/libeskind/home.htm

John



----- Original Message -----
From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 2003-02-28 01:36
Subject: [USMA:24973] Re: Building at Ground Zero 541.3248 metres high


> It would be a grievous error to promote the height of a building as
541.3248
> m. That is far too accurate, and in fact, such exaggeration is one of the
> weapons of the ifp camp to make metric look stupid compared to ifp.
> Just compare 1776 feet with 541.3248 m and you see, that the metric
figures
> must be rounded! Never, ever be too accurate!
> And I think that it is indeed an attempt to glorify the units of Fred
> Flintstone.
> I wonder which units Libeskind uses in his Berlin studio.
> He can never use ifp trash when designing and building in metric
countries.
>
> Han
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, 2003-02-27 21:21
> Subject: [USMA:24954] Building at Ground Zero 541.3248 metres high
>
>
>  This is yet, another attempt to keep FFU's active and 'blow' to SI. It
> could  have been promoted as 541.3248 metres (=1776 feet), if at all feet
> were necessary.
> Regards,
> Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>

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