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]> >
