Aroon Harper, Brian and ALL, sirs: >.....The question of whether decimals or fractions are better has nothing to >>do with the purpose of this forum: "Metrication."
To me it appears, the Question is *BIGGER* than thought. Are we discussing Metrication, decimals or imperial vs units used in every city corner of United States? Admittedly, most experts too seem to be confusing *METRIC is 'decimal'* If so, let us remove THIS confusuion rather than who wrote what? Anything that is 'decimally divided' NOT necessarily be METRIC, unless that Unit, symbol and/or quantity being referred *belong to and is connected* with the Length Unit - METRE, and hence the *Metric System* to belong to Le Systeme Intenationale d'Unites (SI). This has been, as I observed, a misconception right from day one - Signing of 'Convention du Metre'. Let United States take the lead and resolve the issue - to start with ADD another WORD in their 'dictionary or shabd-kosh' for BIPM/CGPM to take lead! My purpose of this mail is to show a way out; and not hurt any sentiments. Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2455061)/1361+D-238W34-00 (G. Monday, 2009 August 17H17:99 (decimal) EST Aa 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: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:07:54 -0700 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:45661] Re: Erm.....you may have noticed.... Stephen....welcome to email threads 101. It was painfully obvious that everyone was referring to Simon Meng, and not you. Sheesh. At 11:51 2009-08-17, Stephen Davis wrote: Well, I would beg to differ.....not that it matters. The issue is closed as far as I'm concerned. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Potts To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:43 AM Subject: [USMA:45659] Re: Erm.....you may have noticed.... Stephen Davis: Remek Kocz' comment is immediately above Brian White's reply to Simon Meng's post, which is immediately below Brian's reply. I don't think it could be clearer. Nothing you wrote is either within or below that sequence. Peace, Bill Bill Potts WFP Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Davis Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 14:42 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45658] Re: Erm.....you may have noticed.... Well, if that's the case, fair enough....my apologies. It just seemed to be my post they were referring to, that's all. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Humphreys To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:01 PM Subject: RE: [USMA:45654] Erm.....you may have noticed.... Steve. They're taking about someone else (Simon meng) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:45654] Erm.....you may have noticed.... Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:31:39 +0100 .....that my name isn't John/Kilopascal/euric OR Jeremiah!! And I happened to be responding to a post from James Frysinger about metric and math (The post was a while ago, admittedly). No, my post wasn't DIRECTLY about metric, but it had a degree of relevance. The name, (NOT a psuedonym) happens to be Stephen Davis. I don't DO psuedonyms! ----- Original Message ----- From: Remek Kocz To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 6:20 PM Subject: [USMA:45652] Re: Maths (or should that be "math?") You noticed too, eh? On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Brian J White <[email protected]> wrote: Welcome back John/kilopascal/Eunic/Jeremiah! I see you can't stay away for long. :) At 10:46 2009-08-14, [email protected] wrote: Amen! I beginning to wonder what kind of forum this is. When a topic involving the metric system is brought up the responses are almost zero. Talk about something other then the metric system or something loosely connected and then everybody joins in. I hate to complain since I'm so new here but I came here to discuss the metric system and so far its not happening at the level I would like to see. Simon From: Aaron Harper Sent: Friday, 2009-08-14 12:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45624] Re: Maths (or should that be "math?") The question of whether decimals or fractions are better has nothing to do with the purpose of this forum: "Metrication." Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. Get Them Now _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009
