[Elecraft] Way OT - The Metric System is Inevitable

[Brian Denley]

Engineering was metric (MKS) in the late 60s when I got my degree.  Sure we did some calculations with feet and inches by mostly it was meters, kilograms, etc.

Brian KB1VBF

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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:06 PM, "Dauer, Edward" <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
> 
> Three of the more important aspects of my life already are metric -
> healthcare (dosages are are almost universally in mg/l and many infusions
> are calculated in mg per meter of body surface squared); bicycling (even
> American-made frames use hex bolts measured in mm); and wine (a quarto is
> 250 ml, a bottle is 750 ml).  The other stuff, like engineering, will
> eventually catch up.  On the other hand, the legal system is still rather
> British.
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR (enjoying a quarto)
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Message: 22
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:51:43 -0400
>> From: "Bruce Beford" <beford at myfairpoint.net>
>> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] temperature sensors and "convert" -- totally
>>    off
>> Message-ID: <12D663FC375E4C44B2A966F9033F1805 at HPE250f>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>> 
>> The United States is being dragged from Imperial measurements to the
>> Metric
>> System- Inch by Inch. 8)
>> Bruce/N1RX
>> (Enjoying a pint...)
>> 
>>> Enough!  It is time for the USA to quit fighting the rest of the world
>>> and
>> switch to Metric
> 
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