In response to my hypothetical question I posed regarding SI on Mars, here is my resoning behind the question: The question was not really a serious one, just a bit intriguing to me at the time. I did (and still do) know that a meter is the distance light travels in 1/299 792 458th of one second in a vacuum, even before I authored the question. If I have offended anyone, I am sorry.
-----Thanks!----- Cole Kingsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- > There is no inaccuracy. You are relying on a definition that was abandoned > over 200 years ago. > > See: http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/history-si/ and > http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/history-si/ > > The metre is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a > time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. > > Plain, simple and HIGHLY accurate. Nowhere in the definition of the metre > is the earth mentioned. > > Exactly how CAN one correct the "inaccuracy" between the metre and the > longitudal distance? No matter what longitudal distance you choose, it > will be "wrong". The earth swells and contracts. The distance changes > significantly enough to make any choice inaccurate. Also, you are claiming > inaccuracy based only on the fact that there is not an exact 10 000 000 m > between the earth and the equator. So what!!!! Where is it written there > has to be? > > Maybe you should write a proposal to the BIPM to change the metre to your > way of thinking. Now truthfully, do you believe your idea has a chance of > even being read? > > You really need to come to grips with 21-st century technological advances > in measurement and standards. Your insistence on 18-th century thinking may > work with followers of FFU, but definitely not SI. > > Euric > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brij Bhushan Vij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2004-04-16 23:41 > Subject: [USMA:29551] RE: Metric System on Mars > > > > Cole Kingsbury, my friend: > > >If the meter is 1/10 000 000 the longitudal distance ..... > > The length unit -metre shall still need be redefined, to correct the > > inaccuracy. Did you see my contribution The Metric Second; ISI Bulltn.; > V25 > > N4; April 1973; Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi > > > > Brij Bhushan Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 20040417H0920(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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [USMA:29526] Metric System on Mars > > >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:28:27 +0000 > > > > > >To USMA listserv subscribers: > > > > > >Here is a hypothetical question I would like to pose: > > > > > >If the meter is 1/10 000 000 the longitudal distance between the north > pole > > >and the equator of the planet Earth; and > > > > > >If the future takes humanity to Mars; > > > > > >Then would we develop a seperate metric system based on a meter having a > > >length of 1/10 000 000 the longitudal distance between the martian north > > >pole and its equator (which whould be 53.208 cm)? > > > > > >I would like to start a dialouge on this interesting thought! > > > > > >-----Thanks!----- > > > > > >Cole Kingsbury > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >---------------- > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Ready cash in just 72 hours. Apply Now !!! > > http://go.msnserver.com/IN/46922.asp > > > > >
