Since
I don't often agree with John (kilopascal), I figured that I should mention that
I think he is absolutely right.
I
support SI as it now stands and as it is practiced in metric countries.
Units of time are already standardized worldwide, and minutes and hours are
accepted for use with SI. Lots of people have tried to introduce new
units, and they always are ignored because 1) no one else understands them,
2) the "improvement" is often marginal or simply non-existent, and
therefore 3) almost no one thinks we need to change the system. In the
U.S., lots of people think we need to adopt the metric system, the rest of the
world uses the metric system, and it still is tough to get the conversion
going. How much of a chance does a new clock have when basically no one
uses it and they don't even think we ought to use it? I would rather
distance the USMA from such proposals, as they are and will be seen as
non-mainstream, to say the least.
Carl
2003-03-23
Tim,
There is no such thing as "metrics" when referring to SI
units. What you mean is metric, in the singular sense only. Metric
in the plural sense is something else all together. It has something to
do with the collection and manipulation of numerical data. Something we
don't deal with.
also, there is no such a thing as a metric hour.
The SI has its own time unit. It is the second. A true SI unit of
speed would be metres per second (m/s) however, the SI allows, for the
time being, the traditional time units to be used along with SI units.
Thus it is ok to express speeds in kilometres per hour (km/h).
Please explain to me why we need to have another time
unit, when what we have already as part of SI is suitable.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, 2003-03-23 09:35
Subject: [USMA:25275] Re:mileage
Hi There
people:
The subject of time and space is an old subject.
When miles
per hour (mph) are turned to metrics, in fact the miles are converted to
kilometers and the hours are not. Until now the hours in mph have not been
converted to metrics. A metric time system called the Cirgree Sys.™ makes it
possible to convert the hours in mph into metric hours called Cirgrees sow
that miles per hour converted to metrics would read kilometers per cirgree (
MPH = KPC ) A Cirgree (CRG) is a metric hour of time.Time and space
can now be seen as a paralleled continuum. The math get interesting to say
the least
The Cirgree Sys.™ Time; to advance to mind.
Thanks
for time. Tim
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