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From: Bob Myers on 10 Feb 2010 14:21 Darwin123 wrote: > On Feb 9, 4:35 pm, "Bob Myers" <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: >> Darwin123 wrote: >> That's the most sensible solution I've seen here yet - which, >> of course, is why it will probably never happen! >> >> Bob M. > > I was actually suggesting this as a straw man solution. It is > very much not a sensible solution. It is taking Andrew's argument to > its absurd extreme. Please re-read what I wrote - I didn't say that it was a sensible solution, only that it was the most sensible solution I've seen *here* yet. ;-) Bob M.
From: Bob Myers on 10 Feb 2010 14:25 Androcles wrote: >> So, you'll want to export your "inched" equipment and machines to >> where? Are you taking into account the clients' will in your sales >> dpt? > > Machines today are CNC, so you can have both. Wow, and you say the drills and other tooling will also automagically change to the system in use without having to produce/stock/maintain both types? Imagine that... Bob M.
From: Bob Myers on 10 Feb 2010 14:28 jmfbahciv wrote: > Bob Myers wrote: >> Darwin123 wrote: >>> How about removing all regulations concerning units and see what >>> individuals and companies would do? >> >> That's the most sensible solution I've seen here yet - which, >> of course, is why it will probably never happen! >> > The only reason you are able to read these posts is because > we introduced and developed standards. don't throw the > bath water out with the babies. While (as noted earlier) my original comment was at least half in jest, I am prompted to ask re this one: who is this "we" you're talking about? Many - probably most - of the most successful standards in use today were developed by industry groups responding to market needs, not through government regulation. I've spent more than my fair share of time working in such groups, and would MUCH rather deal with industry standardization efforts than government or quasi-governmental regulation. Bob M.
From: Darwin123 on 10 Feb 2010 14:34 On Feb 2, 5:54 pm, Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I. Introduction > > > he pointed out) any policies that happen to fall on the left-wing side > (which I support myself when it comes to economic matters). ] > > ... All conversion > to the metric system today, and not only that compelled by government, > can safely be put under this head, as anyone that had good reasons to > convert unrelated to ideology would have done so already. I detect a little socialism here of the nationalist variety. So it isn't just government regulation that bothers you. In your opinion, any American that decides to switch to metric is being "Leftist," even if he does so for his own self interest. According to you, technology and economics haven't changed for so long that "anyone who had good reasons unrelated to ideology would have done so already." If an American businessman decides to go metric to sell to Europeans, he is doing it for "ideological reasons." Or maybe he sees a market that hasn't opened up till reasons. And you do agree with Leftists on economic matters. Then you obviously feel the metric system is bad for moral reasons. You sound like a type of socialist. Only the word "nationalist" belongs in front. You love government regulation when it puts money in your pocket.
From: Andrew Usher on 11 Feb 2010 00:25
On Feb 10, 1:25 pm, "Bob Myers" <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > Androcles wrote: > >> So, you'll want to export your "inched" equipment and machines to > >> where? Are you taking into account the clients' will in your sales > >> dpt? > > > Machines today are CNC, so you can have both. > > Wow, and you say the drills and other tooling will also > automagically change to the system in use without having > to produce/stock/maintain both types? Imagine that... Drills already have interchangeable bits, having two systems may mean you need to stock more bits but they won't wear out as fast (being used less each). Unless you have drills made to one fixed size only (which is not a units issue), you dont need more machines. Andrew Usher |