Re[2]: SI units!

[Vincent.King@DOEGJPO.COM (Vincent King)]

     Group,
     
     If we put half the energy into adopting to SI units that we put 
     into complaining about them and contriving reasons not to adopt 
     them, we'd have accomplished the switch years ago!
     
     I'm not a gung-ho SI advocate or a genius, but I've learned to use 
     them without too much effort.  I feel most professionals should be 
     able to adapt without too much difficulty.  In fact, so many of us 
     are already forced to be "bi-lingual" that it would probably make 
     life easier for a significant fraction of the U.S. health physics 
     community (if not the majority) if we started using SI units 
     exclusively.
     
     And adopting them wouldn't require a special effort to revise 
     procedures.  Everywhere I've been, procedures have to be revised on 
     a routine frequency anyway.  Just add SI units to the other changes 
     being made at the next routine revision (it could even be done 
     without special software!).
     
     If there is a legitimate reason not to change, I'll listen to 
     it...but most of what I hear sounds more like excuses for being 
     stuck in our ways and not willing to make the effort (i.e., lazy), 
     or worse yet, arrogance ("We'll do it our way, and to heck with 
     everyone else"). 
     
     Vincent King
     vincent.king@doegjpo.com 

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