Here you have a conflict between two units that impairs comparison. The agreement for metric would be more positive because you are most likely dealing with technical and more numerate people.
Metric HAS happened where it has to be (Olympics, Electronics, Heavy Industry, International Standards, etc.) but is kept a big secret from the masses. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2004-09-01 19:36 Subject: [USMA:30964] Metric in Astronomy > On the Astromart forum I posted a message regarding inches vs. > millimeters in telescopes and eyepieces. I stated that they need to > completely convert all telescopes to metric instead of the partial > metric/inch mess we have now. I was pleasantly surprised by the number > of people who agreed with me. There are more pro-metric people out here > in America and Canada than we might realize. What we need here in > America is a lobbying body for metric. Why doesn't the USMA do this? > They should be lobbying congress for a comprehensive plan to convert to > metric. Regardless of what one may say here, metric just is not > happening here in the USA. I only need to look at road signs(no > metric), weather report on TV(deg. F), the local grocery store(a little > but not much metric) to be convinced that progress is nearly > non-existent. By the way, you can check this forum at www.astromart.com > but you will have to set yourself up with an account. If you do set > yourself up with an account click on the forum tab and go to equipment > talk. You will have to go quite a few pages to find the inches vs. mm > thread. > >
