I agree that confusing issues can be 'identified' and set aside! But, if it is for *upgrading cohessive nature of the SI* there exists a need to review,like:
(a) NOT changing the Calendar format (except readjusting the number of days in each month (see the RHYME as signature line), and ADDING *one full Additional Leap Week, ONCE every six(6) years;
(b) NOT changing the clock face but further dividing the HOUR into 100 units (alongwith the present 60 - durng transition);
(c) NOT changing the circle of 360-degree and the QUADRANT of 90-degree but dividing the DEGREE into 100 units, so that 1/100th of the degree represents *the Nautical Kilometre* - to replace the Nautiucal Mile. This mean *bridging Time and Arc-angle along revolution of the Earth* - where the THINK TANKS of metric proponants (signing of Convention du Metre) failed to leave supermacy of Mile, Yards, Feet and Fathoms ambigious while accepting length unit METRE;
(d) NOT wanting *each nation to be burden on the exchequer* and resorting to the 'surest, cheapest and cost effective' solution to age old annomaly of 'misconcepion about NOT differentiating between METRIC and DECIMAL notations/terminolgy.
Perhaps the *pigion(FFU) has a reason to feel happy that CAT(Reforms in SI) is still at a far off distance*, and FFU's have still a breather time.
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Carl Sorenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:25291] Re:mileage Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:27:17 -0700
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
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:17 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:25276] Re:mileage
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 ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: U.S. Metric Association 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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