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Take that, metric system!
Europe has apparently called off a planned ban on 'English' units set
to take effect in 2010. Instead, they've opted for 'dual labeling' indefinitely, merely requiring that goods marked with 'English' units must also be marked with metric ones. [The US has been 'dual-marking' stuff here for decades.] Ian Parker must be biting himself in the small of the back over this one... http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/12/eur...acescan03.html -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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Take that, metric system!
On 12 Sep, 06:50, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Europe has apparently called off a planned ban on 'English' units set to take effect in 2010. Instead, they've opted for 'dual labeling' indefinitely, merely requiring that goods marked with 'English' units must also be marked with metric ones. [The US has been 'dual-marking' stuff here for decades.] Ian Parker must be biting himself in the small of the back over this one... http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/12/eur...-face-cx_ll_09... There is not only the fact of marking there is also the fact of maintaining inventories for screws etc. The fact of the matter is that UK manufacturing has for some time used the metric system pretty well exclusively. With the universal scientific acceptance of the metric system, it seems incongrous to use anything different in a scientific discussion. OK for discussion on relativity it is often convenient to put c=1. - Ian Parker |
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Take that, metric system!
On Sep 12, 6:20 am, Ian Parker wrote:
On 12 Sep, 06:50, Fred J. McCall wrote: Europe has apparently called off a planned ban on 'English' units set to take effect in 2010. Instead, they've opted for 'dual labeling' indefinitely, merely requiring that goods marked with 'English' units must also be marked with metric ones. [The US has been 'dual-marking' stuff here for decades.] Ian Parker must be biting himself in the small of the back over this one... http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/12/eur...-face-cx_ll_09... There is not only the fact of marking there is also the fact of maintaining inventories for screws etc. The fact of the matter is that UK manufacturing has for some time used the metric system pretty well exclusively. With the universal scientific acceptance of the metric system, it seems incongrous to use anything different in a scientific discussion. OK for discussion on relativity it is often convenient to put c=1. Face it Fred needs to be whacked with a 5.08 by 10.16. - Ian Parker |
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