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The International System of Units.
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Singapore Math Books
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I just read that American Teachers are using Singapore Math Books instead of American books. Just google it, but it appears that it is easier to learn math and it only uses SI, no Imperial. America falls behind further again.
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Obituary for US NIST official
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Quote from Washington post ****************************** ****************************** *** [link] Daniel V. DeSimone Metric Supporter Daniel V. DeSimone, 79, a government official who wrote a 13-volume report in 1971 that concluded that the United States should adopt the... more »
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Metric System FAQ
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Archive-name: metric-system-faq Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: $Date: 2009-09-09 14:12:11 +0100 (Wed, 09 Sep 2009) $ Version: $Revision: 1365 $ URL: [link] Metric System FAQ ----------------- This regular posting to the USENET group misc.metric-system provides a... more »
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English pupils prefer decimals over fractions
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Researchers who asked 3000 11-14 year old English pupils to sit math exams used in 1976 found that today's pupils seem to prefer decimal arithmetic over using fractions compared to pupils 33-years ago: [link] Markus
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A conversion error I've not seen before
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I was browsing in a toy store and saw a play mat-type blanket with dimensions listed as: 7' 6" x 9' 6" 2.13 m 15.24 cm x 2.74 m 15.24 cm I have not previously encountered any merchandise converted to metric this way and I wonder if it was more unfamiliarity with Flintstone units... more »
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TATA Housing in india.
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I've just seen the news about the low cost flats that Tata will build in India [link] So I wondered why all dimensions was in imperial units, but on the sketch the area is given in Sq meters. What's normal practice in India? I also noticed that despite the low price, priority to separate bathroom and... more »
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Non-Metric Units after 2009-12-31
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...And jeans sizes. I have spotted some trousers (and other clothing) with dual labeling recently, but not always following EN 13402. Klaus
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Metric confusion in IEEE
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In the Feb 2009 issue of "Spectrum" ([link]) there's a letter about a previous article titled "A Poor Man's Tesla", noting "In comparison with the Tesla, the electrified Porsche 914 weighs 100 percent more...". The reply from coauthor David Schneider says "...First, we made an error in... more »
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European Clothing Standard
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Referring back to this link from Sep 2004, what ever happened to the plan to implement this standard? The last I heard it was suppose to go into effect in 2006 and that is almost 3 years ago. What is taking so long to implement this standard or has it been permanently canceled? [link]... more »
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