[Boatanchors] W= J/s AND Siemens

Tue Nov 16 00:55:08 EST 2010

Come on, Robert, tell us how you really feel.
Meantime I agree with you.
Thanx
Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] W= J/s AND Siemens

> Several comments in this thread have terminally irritated me (not
> specifially those copied below - I just didn't save the earlier ones). 
> Systeme
> Internationale, also know as (or AKA as in Police criminal reports) the
> Rationalized Meter-Kilogram-Second system, or RMKS, is a system for 
> losers.  In fact,
> the French, who are are its main proponents, have not won a war without
> outside help since the time of Julius Caesar.  That has been several 
> months.
> Roughly 23592 to be exact.  The Metric System basically sucks.  The basic
> units are poorly sized for practical use.  The names change sporadically,
> randomly and without warning.  The only one that's fairly useful is the 
> klick.
> Half a klick is beyond normal pistol range.  So a half Klick perimeter is
> moderately safe.  One klick is good rifle range.  And ten klicks is good
> tactical Nuke blast radius.  Beyond that, the Seimen sounds vulgar if not
> downright obscene.  The Tesla is too large for small field measurements 
> and too
> small for large field ones.  The degree Centigrade (or Celcius or Kelvin) 
> is too
> large (only 100 cover the freezing point of water to well above the lethal
> range for humans).  The Millimeter is too coarse for basic machining. but
> too fine for common measurements.  I could go on and on with bad examples.
> And I don't really give a damn what the New Zealund educational sytem 
> thinks
> of it.  In New Zealand since the 16th Century there have been more murders
> than the Nazis, the Japanese, and the Soviets accomplished in the 20th, 
> and
> with a much smaller potential victim base.  So I don't have a high opinion 
> of
> New Zealund.
>
> All of the metric based threaded fastener systems are poorly designed for
> survival in the real world.  Thread pitch is too fine and bolt head
> dimensions are too small.
>
> Speaking as an engineer with considerable experience in building equipment
> to survive in hostile environments, the whole Metric edifice is not worth
> the powder to blow it to Hell.  Which is where it belongs.  Anyone 
> incapable
> of quickly and easily learning the English system has a very low IQ and
> belongs in the Democratic Muslim Party with Obama, Pelosi, and the rest of 
> the
> terrorists on the planet.
>
> If I haven't made it crystal clear, the metric system was designed by
> idiots for idiots.  Thank God that one country on the planet has not yet
> succumbed  to its idiocy.  However, I expect it is only a matter of time 
> before the
> entire planet goes dark.  The last election, although promising, still 
> left
> several of the terrorist Democrats in position.
>
> In a message dated 11/15/2010 9:24:25 PM Central Standard Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>> would think you guys would call it a 1.6 Meter Pentium.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ==============
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> >[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of rbethman
>> >>On 11/15/2010 1:41 PM, Henry Mei'l's wrote:
>> >>>(BTW: A not too serious question: If a Siemen is an Ohm (Omega),
>> >>>standing
>> >on
>> >>>its head (Mho)  -- does that make a  Nemeis an Ohm ? ;0)
>> >>It would appear that "some" do not know what the SI (International 
>> >>Units
>> >>Standards), actually read and mean.
>> >>A Siemen is CONDUCTANCE therefore it is the "old" mho.   It is NOT an
>> >>Ohm!
>> >
>> >Bob, Henry was just having a little gentle fun with us as he often does.
>> >(Note the winking smiley at the end.)  Please don't take things so
>> >seriously; it's just not worth it.  I suspect that Henry can work in SI
>> >quite comfortably, enough to play with it just as comfortably.  He's
>> >certainly willing to play with his first name enough.
>> >
>> >SI, Imperial, whatever ... I'll stick with what I'm comfortable using
>> >where
>> >appropriate but if I know people won't have a clue what I'm talking 
>> >about
>> >(120 MC Pentium?  What's that?), I'll go to what's known in that arena.
>> >For
>> >example, for a long time, ham bands were referred to in metric
>> wavelengths
>> >but antennas were measured in feet and inches.  I haven't looked 
>> >recently
>> >if
>> >the latter has changed in the ARRL handbook et al to metric but a 
>> >current
>> >production antenna I'm looking at purchasing pieces of is measured in
>> feet
>> >and inches.  These are also the (probably inaccurate therefore useless)
>> >units I use for calculations for antennas as do many others.
>> >
>> >Getting back, however, a Mho and a Siemen are the same thing.  A Mho is
>> >often if not always represented by an inverted omega, the symbol used 
>> >for
>> >the Ohm, or an omega (Ohm) standing on its head (Mho.)
>> >
>> >So now can we get back to our usual bickering?
>>
>
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