Let's keep trying. While the HEAT is ON and there is chance to win. Brij Bhushan Vij Tuesday, 2012 July 03H22:28(decimal)EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) "30 days has July,September, April, June, November and December all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 except on years divisible evenly by 4; except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - as long as you remember that "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE OUTSIDE of calendar-format" 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) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact via E-mail: [email protected] OR
"GAYATRI LOK" Flat # 3013/3rd Floor NH-58, Kankhal Bypass, Dev-Bhoomi, HARIDWAR-249408 (Uttrakhand - INDIA) > Subject: [USMA:51735] Re: Units in brain ticklers > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:03:31 -0600 > CC: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 2012 July 3 > I have not found a way to see standards other than buying them. > So, I do not see them. > > ASTM headquarters is not ready to use metric. I asked them to > list the size of publications in millimeters. They answered that > they would not pay the cost of changing to new cutting equipment > for publications. I did not ask them to change the size. > > This is a psychological problem. I guess we need to get > the elected officers to tell the staff to work on changing to > millimeters. Staff needs to figure out how to do it. Find > reasonably close millimeter numbers for 8.5" x 11". > They would not tell me the standard for inch page sizes so I > do not know the tolerance. But I think a whole millimeter > number will be close enough without new cutters. > > Let's keep trying. > Robert Bushnell > -------------------------------- > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:14 AM, mechtly, eugene a wrote: > > > Excellent request Bob! > > > > Do we have a way to survey the percentage of SI in ASTM Standards? > > As Committee E43, do we have review access to publications without having > > to buy each of them? > > > > Eugene Mechtly > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of > > Robert H. Bushnell [[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:34 PM > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Cc: USMA > > Subject: [USMA:51733] Units in brain ticklers > > > > 2012 July 2 > > Curt Gomulinski > > TAU BETA PI > > I see a bunch of inch-pound units in the brain ticklers > > in the Summer 2012 issue of the Bent. Can you help us all by using > > only metric units? > > > > The US is way behind the rest of the world in use of metric > > units. The Bent can help by showing it's readers (the best > > engineers) where metric numbers fit in all kinds of problems. > > > > Please add your influence to getting rid of inch-pound numbers. > > Thanks, > > Robert H. Bushnell > > Ohio Gamma 1945 > > >
