Some changes I feel need to be made:
Introduction
All countries in the world use the metric system to a greater or lesser extent, and most have abolished the use of non-metric units for almost all purposes; notable exceptions are the time units from second to year and mile as a unit of distance. Apart from the US, Liberia and Myanmar have also not officially adopted the system.the "second" should be replaced by "minute" as the second
is an SI unit and would not be abolished. The mile should not be an
exception as metrication involves getting rid of miles too. The author may
be referring to the status of the UK where miles remain, yet this is not an
exception but an incompletion on the part of the UK. Similar metrication
programs elsewhere did not exempt the mile.
It should be noted that even though Liberia and Myanmar
have not officially converted, metrication has taken place and the economies of
these countries operate on the metric system.
The U.S. (along with other countries) continues to use only miles for road
distance signs.
Along with other countries should be removed. It
maybe should read: The US and UK continue to use only miles for road distance
signs. Eire is going to complete its road sign conversion in September
2004. All other areas of the world use metric signage.
Metric units are generally used in scientific applications in the USA with
some few exceptions like BTUs and calories.
I would say the BTU and calorie are not used in scientific
work but are used in certain industries like heating/air conditioning and
nutrition.
Some nonmetric units are still popularly used in some countries,
including the pint in the UK.
The use of the pint in the UK is mandated by law.
Take away the restriction to use pints and changes will occur.
Metrication in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand have largely
converted to the metric system, but nonmetric units are still sometimes used in
popular conversation, especially to measure body height or mass. (Many
Australians know their height in feet and inches but their mass in kilograms.)
Here is a conflict. If Australians use nonmetric in conversation
especially to measure body mass, they why would it later say they know it in
kilograms?
Apart from the natural sizes of evolved units, another reason for
preferring non-metric units is the ease with which they can be divided by common
fractions, for example, dividing by three is simple in a base 12 system, but
difficult in a base ten. Even taking a quarter in base ten gives a fraction,
whereas in many non-metric systems this too is easy.
Imperial is not a "base 12 system" There is a confusion between base
and conversion factor. This sentence needs to be modified to remove the
reference to a base.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
From: "MightyChimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 12:42
Subject: [USMA:29923] Re: Metrication
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 10:03
> Subject: [USMA:29921] Metrication
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> > Since Wikipedia has been a topic of conversation lately, can some
> > of you take a look at its article on "Metrication" at:.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication
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> I saw the site but did not look real deep into it. I'll peruse it again.
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> > If anybody sees inaccuracies, or topics they feel should be made,
> > and they want to let me know, I'll post the changes. You are all
> > free to change it yourselves, if you wish, especially if you've posted
> > to Wikipedia before. I just think that if too many newcomers (and
> > I'm a relative newcomer), start making changes all at once it will
> > raise attention to itself.
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> I still don't understand what gives someone the right to remove valid
> information. If an artilce is suppose to be open to edits, anything valid
> and non-deflamatory should accepted. Apparantly, a type of fascism is
> allowed to persist. There should be away to lock in your edits to prevent
> removal, if the info is proven valid.
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> Euric
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> > Let me know
> >
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