Greetings,
On 21/01/07, Tony Langdon vk3jed@gmail.com wrote:
At 07:49 AM 1/21/2007, Edward R. Cole wrote:
So for the lunar project NASA is saying if you are participating then it will be in metric (suppliers listen up)! Good Move!
Excellent move, if you ask me! :)
Lets hope it will be the start of a wave throughout the country.
To bad the US Govt cannot get with it. The way one converts (minds) is in the education of youth! It will take two generations to accomplish.
Well, all but 3 countries in the world have done it on an official basis, according to Wikipedia. It's a short term pain for longer term gains in efficiency when dealing with the international community... And it is a global economy nowadays, so it seems silly to have to work in two systems (one for US, one for the rest of the world).
I have no problems with whole inchs\feet and more popular 1/4'' and 1/2'', however when we go 3/16 and the like, have not got a clue of how big it is..
At least with metric it can be more exact with measurements (all divisible) not needing conversions, then rounding either up or down.
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