Bill, Martin & all:
>In the case of calculating 1 Ms, I realized that 86400 x 11 was a little>under
>10^6 while 86400 x 12 was a little over 10^6. My earlier contributions during
>1970-71....onwards reflected THIS aspect, as listed are:
http://brijvij.com/eBookCopyrights-n-Patent_ParliamentaryReferences.doc
If we go by the proposed Metric Second (1973), A Quinto-Day (5-day interval
would be: (5*20)*100mm*100sm is 10^6 metric seconds.
However, I have for the time, now shelved the ideas in favour of
24hx100mdx100sd i.e. the day-night be of 2*12 hours as existing now, with
100x100 sub-divisions of the hour. Please see:
http://www.brijvij.com/bb_deci-sec-nu-mtr.pdf
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(M)001(201)962-3708(when in US)> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:40691] RE: Promoting Metrication> Date: Thu,
27 Mar 2008 21:31:21 +0000> > Bill,> > My start point was that there are 86400
seconds in a day. I calculated this> some years ago when I was working out the
best way to represent time in a> computer and I noticed that you could not
represent the time of day using a> 16 bit unsigned integer.> > In the case of
calculating 1 Ms, I realized that 86400 x 11 was a little> under 10^6 while
86400 x 12 was a little over 10^6.> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Bill Potts> Sent: 27 March
2008 01:15> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40684] RE: Promoting
Metrication> > I was about to correct you when I read your own correction.> > I
always remember that 1 Ms is 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds,>
because I set myself a challenge, when I was in my teens, to calculate it in>
my head. There any many things about my teens that I've happily forgotten>
(mostly very embarrassing stuff), but not that.> > Bill>
________________________________> Bill Potts> Roseville, CA> http://metric1.org
[SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Martin Vlietstra> Sent: Wednesday,
March 26, 2008 14:40> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40683] RE:
Promoting Metrication> > Oops, 11 days is about 1 Ms, so 100 Ms is about 3
years.> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Martin Vlietstra> Sent: 26 March 2008 21:35> To: U.S.
Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40682] RE: Promoting Metrication> > 100 Ms?
That is about every 11 days :-)> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Bill Potts> Sent: 26 March
2008 20:41> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40680] RE: Promoting
Metrication> > Martin:> > Nobody is denying the status of the word "metric," as
a noun, OUTSIDE the> scope and context of SI.> > However, WITHIN the scope and
context of SI, "metric" is only ever used as> an adjective.> > Outside SI,
"metric" does not refer to a standard, but to a means. "Metrics"> typically
consist of counts and percentages (and, often, very subjective> ones). Where
those who use the term "metrics" need to use units of measure,> there is no
implicit standard that determines what those units will be.> Here, of course,
we hope they'll use SI units (and, in almost all other> countries, they would
do so as a matter of course), but that's beside the> point.> > This, by the
way, is a topic we dealt with on this list over 10 years ago. I> guess it does
need to be brought up, though, from time to time (maybe every> 100 Ms or so).>
> Bill> ________________________________> Bill Potts> Roseville, CA>
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message-----> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Martin Vlietstra>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 13:03> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject:
[USMA:40679] RE: Promoting Metrication> > Gene,> > Metric is a noun as well as
an adjective. Consider the following sentence> "The metrics used to describe
the technological development of a nation> include energy consumption per
capita, GNP per capita, number of cars,> telephone, TV sets etc per capita". >
> Martin> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 26 March 2008 18:17> To: U.S.
Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40676] Promoting Metrication> > Ernie,> > I
applaud your efforts to promote metrication in the USA!> > However, please *do
consider* Bill Potts message below.> > The word "metric" is an adjective.> >
Appropriate terms for USMA objectives are "metric units" or "metric system"> or
"metric system of units"; or the symbol SI for each of the above terms.> > The
word "metrics" is a noun, unrelated to SI in particular, although it is> widely
used as Bill explains below to access performance of a campaign or> process.> >
Gene Mechtly.> > ---- Original message ----> >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:28:05
-0700> >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >Subject: [USMA:40674] RE:
Furthering Metrics> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>> >> >
Ernie:> > > > Did you miss my recent message about the use of the> > term
"metrics?"> > > > Basically, it said that the word "metrics" appears> > nowhere
in official documentation on the metric> > system or in related standards
documentation.> > Rather, it's a non-technical term, unrelated to the> > metric
system, that refers, broadly, to the means by> > which one measures the
effectiveness of something> > (e.g., an advertising campaign).> > > > Metric,
as used in the context of the Modern Metric> > System (SI) is an adjective and,
therefore, is never> > written in the plural.> > > > The goal of organizations
like the US Metric> > Association is to further the use of the Modern> > Metric
System (which, of course, involves the use of> > metric units).> > > > Please
accept this as information, not as criticism.> > > > Bill Potts> >> >
------------------------------------------------> >> > Bill Potts> > Roseville,
CA> > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]>
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