Ezra, Is now the time to switch from Google to Firefox to avoid that single (isolated, unique, I hope) backward-minded advocate of "American" units in your organization? Place a copy of NIST SP 811 at his work station and see if he deserves to remain your friend? Is he really from the top 1/100 of 1%?
Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:35:57 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: [USMA:49823] Re: STEM metric foundation in America Proposal >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >... > people > uncomfortable with measurement or arithmetic and who > may also have an anti-metric bias as well (think UK > or USA). > > A small anecdote about that bias here where I live > .... > The company I work for hires the top 1/100th of 1% > of highly analytical and numerate people as software > engineers. Imagine my chagrin when I heard one of > these fellow (whom I know) talking to one of our > colleagues from one of our European offices convert > the latter's use of metric to US Customary. When the > European fellow protested a bit, my American > colleague gave him what I'm sure he considered an > unassailable rejoinder: > > "Hey, I'm an American ... I use American units!" > :-( > > Cheers, > Ezra >...
