My own thoughts -- Get the USA using metric only Eliminate vestiges of FFU in Canada, the UK, elsewhere Get things so everyone forgets FFU ... and only then look at dinking with time. Doing so prematurely will torpedo the effort to clean out FFU.
cm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ma Be Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:15 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:28785] Re: Metric time will not happen, so let's not worry about it On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:53:04 Carl Sorenson wrote: >>From Carleton: >>We can go down with the ship if we insist on absolute perfection. > >Exactly. > >95% of the world uses metric in daily life, and many in the U.S. think it is >a good idea to join them, and yet it is still a chore to get the U.S. to >convert. When you consider that no one uses the calendars and clocks that >are regularly described on this list, and that almost no one wants time or >calendar reform, it becomes clear that these efforts are quixotic at best. >... ??? Wait a minute here, please, Carl. I think you're being somewhat too harsh and "forgetting" about something I consider as very important, critical even! Without realizing it, my friend, you're actually shooting down the efforts of people who believe in research as the fundamental backbone for progress! If we stayed content with the state of things we inherited from our forefathers we'd never strive to do *better*!!! Humankind is about the continuing quest for perfection, to disclose the secrets of the unknown, "to go where no man has gone before" (Star Trek)! I want no part in a movement that thinks we've "reached the end of the line"! The day we start thinking like that is the day we'll be NO DIFFERENT from the current ifpists! Fine, the SI system in its present form is "the way to go", but sure as hell it is NOT "the end of the line"! Curbing the efforts of those who are simply trying to get on with the natural course of mankind is uncalled for, and, quite frankly, the wrong attitude to cherish IMHO! Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
