Agustine, NO, the value in "cubits" should be *preceded* (not followed) by the value in m, or cm (but not mm in the case of "cubits" or better yet, purge the value in "cubits" and give only the value in m or cm.
Censor of Deviations from SI. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:56:21 -0400 >From: Augustine M <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:47609] Re: Opponents of Metrication >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > I don't think censoring 'evil non metric' units > would be appropriate. I'm completely pro-metric, > but I don't think censoring 'unapproved language' > is going to work very well. When would it be > considered appropriate to ban a word from being > used? Should 'cubit' always be followed with a > metric equivalent in centimeters, or millimeters. > Or maybe we should make sure everything is > expressed in base units only with the proper > scientific notation? > I say let the list be as it currently is. Policing > language to that extent sounds a bit too much like > 1984 to me. Legal banning of non-metric units for > use in commerce and regulation would > be excellent. But forbidding the 'man on the > street' from even using or writing a non-metric term > on a mailing list is taking it a bit too far. It > could make us pro-metric folks look a bit > too extreme and scare people away. > On the other hand I do sort of like the title > 'Censor of Deviations from SI'. It brings to mind > the 'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition' skit > from Monty Python only with the 'Censor of > Deviations from SI' barging in anytime someone > mentions an evil word like 'foot'. > Augustine > P.S. 'Ametrica', please do NOT add my e-mail > address to your list of e-mail addresses. > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don (list creator and manager) is still employed > and does not have the time to police the list for > deviations from SI. > > However, I am retired and have some time to be a > self-appointed censor of deviations from SI, at > least for a trial period as an experiment. > > Let's see how it goes. > > Eugene (Gene) Mechtly > Self-appointed SI Policeman > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 23:44:53 -0400 > >From: "Ametrica" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:47578] Opponents of Metrication > >To: ... > > That wouldn't really work. > > > > First of all someone would have to take the > time to > > read every post and look for indications of > > opposition to metrication. That isn't going > to > > happen > >...
