Personally, I prefer feet and inches.....You have a reason for YOUR personal opinion. You have a right to delete my mail instead of sending a reply. I thought we were working for the progress of Le Systeme International d'Unites and NOT for 'individual preferences (or I prefer feet....'.
Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040418H1170(decimal) AM(IST)
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
*****The New Calendar Rhyme*****
Thirty days in July, September:
April, June, November, December;
All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule! ***** ***** ***** *****
From: "John S. Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New meter: Unsubscribe? Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:50:08 -0700
Will these incessant posts about new meters and metric time ever stop? These
proposals are about as pro-metric as your average BWMA member. It's just
about enough to drive one to unsubscribe.
Personally, I prefer feet and inches over the "new meter."
John
On Friday 16 April 2004 21:04, Brij Bhushan Vij wrote:
> Euric, sir:
> My definition of the New Metre (m') is for comprehension, if we mean to
> know the quadrant or circle. Degree can be discarded in favour of 'Radian
> provided Radian or Pi are DEFINED'.
>
> This can be done by a glance at my worked values for Pi used by man, Refer:
> http://the-light.com/bbv_pi-radian.jpg
>
> I define: Metre (m') is the distance traversed by light, in vacuum, during
> the time interval, 1/97059575.22th of the decimal second.
> Since1/100TH of one degree is to be the Nautical Kilometre; length
> distance METRE can be seen as 1/100000th of the degree or 1/10^5th of
> arc-angle ONE degree.
> Regards,
> Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda.
> *****The New Calendar Rhyme*****
> Thirty days in July, September:
> April, June, November, December;
> All the rest have thirty-one; accepting February alone:
> Which hath but twenty-nine, to be (in) fine;
> Till leap year gives the whole week READY:
> Is it not time to MODIFY or change to make it perennial, Oh Daddy!
>
> And make the calendar work with Leap Week Rule!
> ***** ***** ***** *****
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "Mighty Chimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: [USMA:29552] Re: NASA is at it again
> >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:49:27 -0400
> >
> >That depends on what you mean by miles. There are different types of
> >miles.
> >
> >You seem to lack comprehension of significant figures. The original
> > number only had 3 significant digits, all to the left of the decimal.
> > Thus, the minimum accuracy is implied to be +/-0.5 mile or about 1 km.
> > Not knowing the situation, I can't say for sure how accurate the original
> > 400 miles is meant to be. It may be a rounded figure for media purposes
> > only.
> >
> >I also don't understand why we even need to discuss a "Metre = 1/10^5th of
> >ONE degree". What is the logic behind this? The concept of trying to tie
> >the metre to the earth is wrong. Very wrong. The earth-degree is
> >extremely
> >unreliable and highly inaccurate. The earth degrees vary with location
> > and increase and decrease in size as the earth swells and contracts. We
> > are technically beyond the point of using FFU artifacts for measurement
> > standards.
> >
> >I don't know who you think is going to take your idea seriously, and why
> >you
> >feel someone should. The speed of light definition of the metre is far
> >superior to using the earth's meridians. Answer this: How would one
> >calibrate a metre stick on mars if the metre was defined from the earth's
> >meridian? Let's stop this nonsense about redefining the metre and stick
> >with promoting the metre we have. You are wasting your time. In effect,
> >you are pissing in the wind.
> >
> >Euric
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, 2004-04-16 23:23
> >Subject: [USMA:29550] Re: NASA is at it again
> >
> > > Euric, Pat friends:
> > > 400 miles is 643.7376 km. AND if I work using Metre = 1/10^5th of ONE
> >
> >degree
> >
> > > is shall be:
> > > 578.92734 km'.
>
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