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I found this in another forum and found it very interesting since it deals with everyday life, not just the technical world.
I sure hope the new administration has the will and backbone to make the change to metric a number one priority.
Starting with the new school year in 2009 we need a 100% change to metric to make sure we will not end up with another generation of our children unable to think in metric and having to resort to a life of converting from the imperial (US) system.
No 5 or 10 or 15 year plan giving every goofball and inchworm lover a chance to nickel and dime this plan to death. We already had since the 70's.
The children will not have a problem at all. The only problem lies with the parents, teachers and most of all the politicians.
This is the very first step the Obama administration must take before it can start even contemplating a rescue plan for our industry.
Just like we now have to force the US Auto industry to make changes in a very short time period, we will have to be very firm on our change to metric.
We are all changing our TV from analog to digital on one day. Who would have thought this would be possible?There where many attempts to drag it out for many more years.
By now just about everybody is familiar with the metric system and as the cheers proved when NASA recently announced it would be all metric - I would think we would all be relieved by a decision of our government to
join the rest of the world in going metric. Our recovery needs this change now - more than ever. No more dumbing down of the American public as is the case at present when the media takes all scientific data and converts it from metric to inches, gallons and pounds. Our industry deserves a system that makes it competitive with the rest of the world.
Note to all that say:" We know OUR system and we know little about the metric system" - You don't know OUR system - make a test, but you know more about the metric system than you think you know.(Money, Electric, Photo, Computers, Medicine and of course everyday math)
This makes for some very interesting reading:http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977525317&nav=Explore
I sure hope the new administration has the will and backbone to make the change to metric a number one priority.
Starting with the new school year in 2009 we need a 100% change to metric to make sure we will not end up with another generation of our children unable to think in metric and having to resort to a life of converting from the imperial (US) system.
No 5 or 10 or 15 year plan giving every goofball and inchworm lover a chance to nickel and dime this plan to death. We already had since the 70's.
The children will not have a problem at all. The only problem lies with the parents, teachers and most of all the politicians.
This is the very first step the Obama administration must take before it can start even contemplating a rescue plan for our industry.
Just like we now have to force the US Auto industry to make changes in a very short time period, we will have to be very firm on our change to metric.
We are all changing our TV from analog to digital on one day. Who would have thought this would be possible?There where many attempts to drag it out for many more years.
By now just about everybody is familiar with the metric system and as the cheers proved when NASA recently announced it would be all metric - I would think we would all be relieved by a decision of our government to
join the rest of the world in going metric. Our recovery needs this change now - more than ever. No more dumbing down of the American public as is the case at present when the media takes all scientific data and converts it from metric to inches, gallons and pounds. Our industry deserves a system that makes it competitive with the rest of the world.
Note to all that say:" We know OUR system and we know little about the metric system" - You don't know OUR system - make a test, but you know more about the metric system than you think you know.(Money, Electric, Photo, Computers, Medicine and of course everyday math)
This makes for some very interesting reading:http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977525317&nav=Explore