Robert H. Bushnell, Pierre sirs: >.....is more likely to cause > order-of-magnitude errors than using two units,.....
During my discussions with Late Dr. VB Mainkar (1975), then Director Weights & Measures (India), I pointed to such a disparity - especially for financial transastions and the 'cause for confusion' bridging *million, billion & trillion* etc. Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/IndoEuropean_UDN.doc I had not insisted on 'the issue' considered triffle, BUT later I included this in my book: Towards A Unified Technology (1982). The point I make is this order-of-magnitude issue among NATIONS shall automatically vanish if such a proposal is taken up at approperiate level; and a single DIRECTIVE from BIPM/CGPM can set things straight! It is the will that need be 'explored' rather than a futile debate - raising like the surpent's hood. Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 55227)/1726+D-042W06-00 (G. Sunday, 2010 January 31H19:28 (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 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:46539] Re: Centimeters vs inches > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:53:36 -0500 > > > On Sunday 31 January 2010 17:55:56 Robert H. Bushnell wrote: > > This story shows again that we should not use centimeter. It is > > too close to inch. > > By that reasoning, we shouldn't use the liter because it's too close to the > quart. I don't think that's the reason. > > The real reason, I think, is that most of us (exceptions being CJK and > Ancient > Greeks, who use the myriad, and Indians, who use 1,00,00,00,000) group digits > in threes, and all but four of the metric prefixes are powers of 1000. Using > two units, one of which is 100 times the other, is more likely to cause > order-of-magnitude errors than using two units, one of which is 1000 times > the other. > > Pierre > > -- > La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre. > Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang. > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/
