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From: Joshua Cranmer on 3 Feb 2010 09:38 On 02/03/2010 08:59 AM, Bart Goddard wrote: > Joshua Cranmer<Pidgeot18(a)verizon.invalid> wrote in news:hkbrpu$e0j$1(a)news- > int2.gatech.edu: > >> Woah. You're basically saying here "the U.S. uses Imperial units, so the >> rest of the world should too. > > Yet isn't that the argument the other side gives as well? > "We all use Metric, so the US should too, and by the way, > if they don't, then they're just stoopid." If one agrees that the systems of units should be standardized, there are two plausible choices: everyone goes to Imperial or everyone goes to SI. From a standpoint of pure economics, the latter makes much more sense. I'm perfectly fine with people advocating the status quo; it's the fact that Mr. Usher is advocating switching the rest of the world that causes me to take issue. -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
From: T.H. Ray on 3 Feb 2010 00:22 Andrew Usher wrote ... [the usual deranged trolling nonsense] If only you could arrange to be born in the 17th century, you'd be a giant among men. Tom
From: Marshall on 3 Feb 2010 11:00 On Feb 3, 6:04 am, Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensi...(a)uta.fi> wrote: > Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > On Feb 2, 6:47 pm, "Heidi Graw" <hg...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > >> Btw, my own husband prefers the metric system. > > > And why should his opinion matter, if he hasn't looked at it from the > > perspective I have? > > Should his opinion matter if he has looked at it from the perspective > you have? Why? It isn't particularly logically valid, but as a rule of thumb, I would propose that the tendency to consider things from the same perspective as Andrew Usher would be good grounds for ignoring someone. Marshall
From: Marshall on 3 Feb 2010 11:06 On Feb 2, 10:01 pm, Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > I really shouldn't have to respond to ridiculous stuuf like this! The rest of the world just called to say the feeling is mutual. Marshall
From: Heidi Graw on 3 Feb 2010 13:01
>"Bart Goddard" <goddardbe(a)netscape.net> wrote in message >news:Xns9D14516084083goddardbenetscapenet(a)74.209.136.90... > Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18(a)verizon.invalid> wrote in > news:hkbrpu$e0j$1(a)news- > int2.gatech.edu: > >> Woah. You're basically saying here "the U.S. uses Imperial units, so the >> rest of the world should too. > > Yet isn't that the argument the other side gives as well? > "We all use Metric, so the US should too, and by the way, > if they don't, then they're just stoopid." > > B. Actually, I don't care what sort of measuring system the US uses. I don't need to buy American if I want metric components for my European imported machinery and equipment. German engineers are also quite happy to travel to Canada to build and manufacture stuff for us. They've also built a reputation of being on time and on budget and they've proven that time and time again. The Americans can also choose not to enter into the metric global market. You can keep your US measures for your US manufactured goods and simply sell them to your fellow Americans. So, while the rest of the world marches on, Americans are certainly free to remain behind. It's your choice after all. Heidi |