[USMA:25273] Re: posting on metricsucks

Sun, 23 Mar 2003 02:34:01 -0800

I have tried to answer with this post, but the connection is horribly slooooooooooooooooooow at the moment. i will try again later:
 
The so-called 'metric establishmentarians' did not want any nautical mile in the first place. It only survives because  sailors are addicted to that unit and because it is pushed by Anglo-Saxon nations. The metirc side wants distances measured by the kilometer alone. The 1852 m nautical mile is just a compromise between the two sides.
The GPS system makes the nautical mile redundant as it is metrc. Any data given on a GPS-device in medieval units is convertedby special software. It is time to do away with the nautical mile.
And that ridiculous stuff about metric units expressed in numerous decimal places makes me sick. That is just disinformation and lies by the anti-metric camp, trying to make metric look stupid.
 
 

> In the interest of mathematical purity the
> figure "1852 m" is a value that
> has been trimmed by none other than the
> metric establishmentarians themselves. Had
> they been mathematical purists dedicated to
> a metric based on (a) "exact
> value" of the metre and (b)
> mathematical purity, then "their"
> nautical mile would actually be
> "1.85185185... ad infinitum (nautical)
> miles.
 

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----- Original Message -----
From: kilopascal
Sent: Saturday, 2003-03-22 0:35
Subject: [USMA:25255] posting on metricsucks

2003-03-21
 
Went to metric sucks and posted a "pro-metric" comment and was surprised to see the number of positive responses.  Seems metric sucks is being invaded by pro-SIers.
 
Read here:
 
 
 
John

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