Patrick,
There seems to be an error in your otherwise excellent article. The bill
that was passed was entitled "Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of
1988". The word "Foreign" is not part of the title.
That's a well written article, Sir!
Jim
On 2010-12-08 0914, Patrick Moore wrote:
Did Edison really say that?
See attached my article on metric measurement. That head designer should
read it.
Thanks.
On 12/8/10 9:58 AM, "[email protected]"<[email protected]> wrote:
I had applied at a tool shop for part inspecting, and they did use Metric,
well Metric Conversions, sadly. The job application had a math test with
Metric conversions on it. When I acquired about it afterwards to to the woman
doing the interview, she explained to me... The head of the design department,
refused to use metric. So, basically, they are forcing all employees to
convert all dimensions instead of just using Metric. I explained to her that
is the worst possible thing to do, and to do away with conversions all
together. I did not get the job.
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we
dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had
a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Moore"<[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association"<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 8:20:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [USMA:48979] Re: Numeracy and metrication
In the USA, many innumerate people also become primary and secondary school
teachers - one reason many students learn to dread math rather than learn it.
In ignorance, they think metric conversion is a category of math problem.
On 12/1/10 5:57 AM, "Pat Naughtin"<[email protected]>
wrote:
Obviously, I can't know if these data have any comparative relevance in the UK
or in the USA. All I know is that I will keep these figures in mind as I
communicate with the public. As thoughts on this, I suspect that many
innumerate people collect together in occupations like journalism and
politics, and I need to consider this when writing to them.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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