In case you have not already seen it:

We are trying to set up a new newsgroup

misc.metric-system

dedicated to discussions about the metric system and its introduction
in areas where it is not yet widely used.

Related threads have flared up in this group in the past. So if you
are interested in this topic and group, please participate in this
ballot. (At least ~150 votes are necessary before a group has a
realistic chance of being created.)

The "Call for Votes" with a description of the proposed group and
exact instructions on how to vote has just been posted to

news.announce.newgroups

It is also available by sending an email to



and it can be downloaded from the USENET Volunteer Votetakers website
on

http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2440

Votes have to be submitted by email, formatted exactly according to
the instructions given in the "Call for Votes". Your vote has been
counted only if you receive a confirmation reply.

The ballot closes 25 November 2003.

Thanks for your time,

--
Phil McKerracher
www.mckerracher.org

Phil McKerracher on 05.11.03 19:23 wrote:

We are trying to set up a new newsgroup

misc.metric-system

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The "Call for Votes" with a description of the proposed group and
exact instructions on how to vote has just been posted to

http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2440

I just voted.

--
Peter Lairo

So did I



Op Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:40:36 +0100 schreef Peter Lairo
:

Phil McKerracher on 05.11.03 19:23 wrote:

We are trying to set up a new newsgroup

misc.metric-system

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The "Call for Votes" with a description of the proposed group and
exact instructions on how to vote has just been posted to

http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2440

I just voted.

I remember in the 60's when we were told metric was coming and we had to get
ready. You would think that by 2003 we would have made the conversion in
the U.S. Business adopted it...reluctantly and then only to confuse us with
metric to increase profits. I don't look for it to be the accepted measure
in the next 50 years either...and to be honest I don't see the need...for
science or otherwise. A dog in English is a dog in French. If it is to
come...the responsibility rests solely on our education system.

Larry Wirth schrieb:
I remember in the 60's when we were told metric was coming and we had to get
ready. You would think that by 2003 we would have made the conversion in
the U.S. Business adopted it...reluctantly and then only to confuse us with
metric to increase profits. I don't look for it to be the accepted measure
in the next 50 years either...and to be honest I don't see the need...for
science or otherwise. A dog in English is a dog in French. If it is to
come...the responsibility rests solely on our education system.



U.S. is antiquated

H.

Hans Kohlgruber wrote:

Larry Wirth schrieb:

I remember in the 60's when we were told metric was coming and we had
to get
ready. You would think that by 2003 we would have made the conversion in
the U.S. Business adopted it...reluctantly and then only to confuse
us with
metric to increase profits. I don't look for it to be the accepted
measure
in the next 50 years either...and to be honest I don't see the need...for
science or otherwise. A dog in English is a dog in French. If it is to
come...the responsibility rests solely on our education system.



U.S. is antiquated

H.

Now that's downright amusing. Use of an antiquated, and illogical,
measuring system has nothing to do with a country's nature as to
technology.

Ron Hunter wrote:

Hans Kohlgruber wrote:

[snip]

U.S. is antiquated

H.

Now that's downright amusing. Use of an antiquated, and illogical,
measuring system has nothing to do with a country's nature as to
technology.

Until you try to land on Mars or refuel a 767. Ask NASA or Boeing what
happens when somebody screws up the conversions.

Once can point to our success stories at the cutting edge of technology
as evidence. But these might be due to our size and natural resources
overcoming other non optimal factors. Instead, look at areas where we
compete internationally. It may be difficult to separate all of the
variables, but in cases where everything else is equal, a foreign
purchaser has to factor in the added cost of stocking two sets of socket
wrenches.

--
Paul Hovnanian
note to spammers: a Washington State resident
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"Larry Wirth" wrote in message
...
I remember in the 60's when we were told metric was coming and we had to
get
ready. You would think that by 2003 we would have made the conversion in
the U.S. Business adopted it...reluctantly and then only to confuse us
with
metric to increase profits. I don't look for it to be the accepted
measure
in the next 50 years either...and to be honest I don't see the need...for
science or otherwise. A dog in English is a dog in French. If it is to
come...the responsibility rests solely on our education system.

Nonsense!

Anyone with an IQ above room temperature can master the "metric" sysem in
about 5 minutes.

If the need arises, American manufacturers can produce to "metric"
measurements just as, when necessary, foreign manufacturers will produce
goods in non-metric measures.

But there is absolutely NOTHING to be gained by, for example, our road signs
showing distances in km rather than go old Romand MILES.

Likewise, the "horse people" don't use feet and inches but "hands." They
can convert to feet/inches or (if presses) to mm!

When the Wogs visit the US, they can do the same mental arithemetic as our
"good old boys" do when they join the US Army have have to start thinking in
"clicks."

"John Gilmer" writes:
Likewise, the "horse people" don't use feet and inches but "hands." They
can convert to feet/inches or (if presses) to mm!

Might the "hand", being almost exactly 0.1 meters, end
up one day as a handy nickname for the decimeter?

Markus

Might the "hand", being almost exactly 0.1 meters, end
up one day as a handy nickname for the decimeter?

Maybe.

After what those dirty rats did to the nautical mile (no longer 6280')
anything is possible!