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US going metric?
"Hatunen" wrote in message
... On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:23:10 GMT, "alohacyberian" wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:01:55 GMT, "alohacyberian" My calculator does grads. I was talking about common everyday use, not scientific applications. That's not what you said. You said: "I'm still waiting for someone to say it's long overdue to revamp the 360 degrees of circles into metric!" If you didn't mean it, you should have said what you meant. We still use hours, minutes and seconds which is based on 360 degrees. So, are you going to become like Sjoerd and Miguel Cruz and follow me around the Usenet and attack everything I post just because I once posted something in a different newsgroup regarding homosexuality that didn't suit your prejudices? KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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US going metric?
"Bob Myers" wrote in message
... "alohacyberian" wrote in message ... Once again, you live in a climate with a wide range of yearly temperatures, so I wasn't talking about your climate, I was talking about mine with a range of 25 degrees Fahrenheit. KM Which is a spread of just under 14 deg. C. So far, you've given no reason to think that you care about changes smaller than 1 deg. C, so what's the problem? Bob M. I never suggested there was a problem. I said I think the metric system has it all over the imperial system; I noted, however that I think America and Americans will be slow to adopt the metric system. If you see that as a problem, I guess that's the problem. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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US going metric?
"Bob Myers" wrote in message
... "alohacyberian" wrote in message ... As I said, people in Hawaii may complain when it's 70 degrees, but, won't if it's 72. Some people who live in climates where there is very little variation can certainly tell the difference. When it's 70 degrees, most Hawaiians will wear jackets or sweaters. KM OK, so they'll complain at 21 deg. C but not at 22 deg. C. What's the problem? There are already many, many examples of places with climates very similar to Hawai'i, and yet the residents are quite at ease with temperatures in Celsius. Why should we think Hawai'ians can't also adapt to the other system? Bob M. I'm not acting as a spokesperson for Hawaiians or Americans, I'm merely stating the way it is in light of the fact that Americans are slow or resistent to accepting the metric system, particularly temperatures. If you don't want to believe that, don't. I already stated numerous times that I think the metric system has it all over the alternatives, but, the fact of the matter remains that though you and I may be enamored with total metrics, a good deal of the rest of Americans are not and will not be. If you want to see that as a "problem" or live in the world of "problems", be my guest. If I were to tell many, many Americans that at this moment it's 19 degrees celsius where I live, they wouldn't have any idea if that's hot or cold. Is that a problem? I guess it is if you want it to be. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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"Bob Myers" wrote in message ...
"me" wrote in message om... Besides almost universal lack of use? It's a tad small still. Feet is a good height for bridge clearances and the like. Funny, my recollection of driving in places like France is that they DO have bridges there, and yet I don't think French truck drivers tend to run their vehicles into them any more often than in the U.S.. Wonder how they do it? :-) Cause when the bridge says 6 meters, they don't drive their 5.sumpin' meter truck under it. But the US driver will take his 16 foot sumpin' truck under the 18 foot bridge. It's called increase productivity. |
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US going metric?
It seems to me I heard somewhere that alohacyberian wrote in article
: "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote in message et... Me wrote: In article , I believe there was a half-hearted attempt to go metric in the '70's. Other than for scientific purposes, I don't ever expect the United States to officially adopt the metric system, although it would definitely benefit from doing so. About the only effect of the 1970s effort is the two-liter soda bottle. Also the displacement of automobile engines changed from cubic inches to liters. KM And most speedometers seem to have metric displayed along with miles, though not as prominently. -- Don |
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US going metric?
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:42:02 GMT, "alohacyberian"
wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:23:10 GMT, "alohacyberian" wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:01:55 GMT, "alohacyberian" My calculator does grads. I was talking about common everyday use, not scientific applications. That's not what you said. You said: "I'm still waiting for someone to say it's long overdue to revamp the 360 degrees of circles into metric!" If you didn't mean it, you should have said what you meant. We still use hours, minutes and seconds which is based on 360 degrees. And I said grads didn't. So, are you going to become like Sjoerd and Miguel Cruz and follow me around the Usenet and attack everything I post just because I once posted something in a different newsgroup regarding homosexuality that didn't suit your prejudices? What's that got to do with it? ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:42:01 GMT, "alohacyberian"
wrote: "Hatunen" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:23:12 GMT, "alohacyberian" wrote: Once again, you live in a climate with a wide range of yearly temperatures, so I wasn't talking about your climate, I was talking about mine with a range of 25 degrees Fahrenheit. KM So it's your considered opinion that the rest of the world should adjust its meteorogical systems to accomondate the situation in Hawai'i? No, dearie, did you ignore the fact that I said more than once that the metric system has it all over the Imperial system? I said the U.S. is unlikely to give up some of the old systems such as Farenheit, and gave Hawaii as an example of why. KM But you also noted that Hawai'i is a bit exceptional. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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alohacyberian wrote:
But, as I said, media weather reporting and forecasting is unlikely to use decimals. KM What difference would it make? They aren't usually very accurate anyway. |
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Is my memory failing, or did NASA have a problem ten years, or so, ago
with a launch where some calculations were made in metrics and some were not? |
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US going metric?
I learned both many years ago, and while I use fahrenheit, I can still
do the conversion in my head. My question, though, is why was the usage of the explanatory "centigrade" changed to the astrological "celsius"? |
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