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We Went to the Moon on Feet and Inches
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Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: The Saturn V Moon Rocket was constructed to the U.S. Common Measurement system, wasn't it? I don't know about SpaceShipOne, but its record setting altitude was reported in feet or miles, not in millimeters. Reported by whom? The official measurements were all in meters (or kilometers). And you'll note that the required altitude is 100 km, not 62 (or 62.5) miles as many American media reported it. The moral of the story? Don't trust the media if you care about getting the details right. As for your Ludditism: get over it. Metric units are used everywhere in the world except the U.S. and a tiny country in Africa whose name I can't remember. It's not just a vastly easier, better, and more sensible measurement system; it's the global standard. Quick, how many cm in one Dm? 1000. This is trivial; who can't multiply 100 times 10 in their head? If you can't cough it up without your reference book, I'm right again. You're wrong. Please go away. ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote in message o...
The Saturn V Moon Rocket was constructed to the U.S. Common Measurement system, wasn't it? I don't know about SpaceShipOne, but its record setting altitude was reported in feet or miles, not in millimeters. snip I'm sorry but this message wasn't ISO 9000 compliant. Please resubmit after attaining compliance. Karl Hallowell |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer
wrote: The Saturn V Moon Rocket was constructed to the U.S. Common Measurement system, wasn't it? I don't know about SpaceShipOne, but its record setting altitude was reported in feet or miles, not in millimeters. If inches and feet are good enough for going to the Moon, isn't it good enough for building stuff we use every day? The Government is trying here and there to go metric. Listen to modern day soldiers talk about "meters" or "two clicks" almost as if its intuitive. But I say its regugicated rote, forced on to them by unlearned commanders, because every soldier still estimates in yards and then converts 1:1 to meters, inducing an automatic error of 9%. About the only way he gets meters correctly is if he uses a rangefinder calibrated in meters. I have tested scientifically trained people extemporaneously for metric knowledge and they fail miserably. Just ask your doctor, who works day in and day out with his metric sized medicines to estimate his weight in kilos. He will reach for a calculator! Even physicists in the U.S. will do the same. You have to grow up with the metric system to think metric. There is no way to get the U.S. to switch. It can't be done. Damn right! Let's all start using rods and chains again! |
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