One specific request to make is that local TV station news/weather apps have an option for Celsius. Not all do. I've deleted ones that don't have the option and chosen Celsius on my prefered apps.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 1:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send USMA mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of USMA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [USMA 1847] Re: Fahrenheit (Hillger,Donald) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:14:37 +0000 > From: "Hillger,Donald" <[email protected]> > To: Howard Ressel <[email protected]>, 'USMA List Server' > <[email protected]> > Cc: Garry Toth <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1847] Re: Fahrenheit > Message-ID: > < > sn6pr07mb436797050c32eff407a870ffe2...@sn6pr07mb4367.namprd07.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Howard, > > I sent your email to a pro-metric friend of mine who loves "Dune", and I > see that I failed to ask you about the "one reference to non-SI units" > which he wanted me to ask you. Can you remember that? My friend is > curious. Please guard his email address, but I too am curious what you > know. > > BTW, I mentioned this in MT, which will soon be coming out, but I did not > go into tremendous detail. This is just our curiosity. > > Don > > From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Howard Ressel > Sent: Monday, 8 November, 2021 22:00 > To: 'USMA List Server' <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1826] Re: Fahrenheit > > Thumbs Up Movie (for the most part). > > Saw Dune recently, not sure what units Frank Herbert used in the original > (I may have to see if I can find that in my copy) but in the movie metric > is used almost exclusively. I say almost as there is one reference to > non-Si units for some reason. I'd like to hope it was likely a mistake > that a script editor did not find. > > Howard > > From: USMA <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> On Behalf Of Michael Payne > Sent: Monday, November 8, 2021 11:38 AM > To: USMA List Server <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Subject: [USMA 1825] Re: Fahrenheit > > Which publication are we talking about here? Or have I not recieved the > previous correspondence? > > Mike Payne > > On 8 Nov 2021, at 01:09, Hillger,Donald <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks Stan for responding. > > I urge everyone who sees this to reply and support a more-logical Celsius > scale. This is one of those things USMA members and USMA listserver > subscribers can do to support the metric cause. They need to hear from > metric supporters to let them know that not everyone is ok with Fahrenheit. > > Don Hillger > USMA President > > From: USMA <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> On Behalf Of Stanislav Jakuba > Sent: Sunday, 7 November, 2021 09:11 > To: Sushil Kanwar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; > Lazar Pevac <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Eric > Guyer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; U.S. Metric > Association <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [USMA 1823] Fahrenheit > > This Sunday paper again promotes Fahrenheit. I wrote the following in > response: > I enjoy reading your columns (Sunday HC). Except this Sunday when you > state: ".... Celsius to stay in the science". > I wonder what it is that "... makes it more sensible in the science?" > > Perhaps you mean the Kelvin scale, because the Celsius scale is certainly > "sensible" to just about everybody in the world outside the US. And you > know that, of course. Everybody is familiar with water. Setting on the > approximation of 0 and 100 scale is apparently more convenient than > alternatives, Fahrenheit included. > > With the best wishes, > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20211221/a6875521/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > ------------------------------ > > End of USMA Digest, Vol 73, Issue 9 > *********************************** >
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