Mr Kenneth Butcher, sir:NIST is directly interested in removing 'confusion' in the use of SI Units. I think my post is in right interest of NIST & USMA. It has been some 200-years that promotion of Metric System of units was accepted as the 'preferred' for adoption by BIPM & CGPM. Anti-advocates, however are taking the student community for a ride.Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454988)/1361+D-165W23-03 (G. Thursday, 2009 June 04H14:33 (decimal) ESTAa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:45199] Adding to Confusion RE: Re: A mile is a metric? Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:02:50 -0400 Mr Harper, Pat sirs:>As an adjective (answering the questions which, what kind of, or how many), the word "metric" is what >this forum is all about: referring to SI units. I thought the FORUM intends to promote SI Metric Units - Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites and NOT to debate its being a 'noun or verb' for literature, addition. If this be so, let the TERM METRIC be referred to: "The system of Metric units, if and if, they relate to the Length unit - Metre, as ONE-10^5th of arc-angle Pi/180 i.e. One degree". Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_shelving-NMile.pdfMetre as elucidated at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrics only confuses the issue/minds of children at portals of education. Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454988)/1361+D-165W23-03 (G. Thursday, 2009 June 04H14:04 (decimal) ESTAa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:27:19 -0600 Subject: [USMA:45198] Re: A mile is a metric? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] As a noun, the Wikipedia definition of "metric" is absolutely correct. As an adjective (answering the questions which, what kind of, or how many), the word "metric" is what this forum is all about: referring to SI units. I have not studied the etymology of the word back to antiquity, but I suspect that "meter" is derived from "metric" which most likely comes from some ancient word for the idea of "to measure." On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Paul Trusten <[email protected]> wrote: Wikipedia needs to eschew obfuscation. BTW, the next media person to use the phrase "game changer" this week deserves to get banned for the rest of the season. Paul T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: 04 June, 2009 07:42 Subject: [USMA:45194] Re: A mile is a metric? On Thursday 04 June 2009 07:10:40 John M. Steele wrote: Unfortunately, the "key performance indicator" definition is widely used in business. As a minimum, they need a "disambiguation" page that leads to that usage or the SI with some clarity. [[Metric]] is already a disambig. I put a "see" line at the beginning. Pierre Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009
