RE: SI vs. English Units

[David_S_Hyder@RL.gov]

Sorry, but I have to disagree.  It's about "units" not "SI vs. English."

Every professional has a responsibility to verify (insure) that they
understand the units of data that is provided prior to using it.  It's
arrogant to assume that anyone must provide data in a specifically
standardized form.  That would be like requiring everyone to speak
English when I travel overseas.

I don't mind the units as long as the data is accurate.  That's what
conversion charts are made for.  Just my thoughts, flame me in private

David Hyder
David_S_Hyder@rl.gov
Health Physicist
Hanford Facility Evaluation Board

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Susan Gawarecki [SMTP:loc@icx.net]
> Sent:	Friday, October 01, 1999 8:43 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	SI vs. English Units
> 
> This may rekindle the contentious discussion regarding units, but I
> firmly believe that there are consequences, often dire, of having two
> separate systems (see quote below).  Having used SI units through a
> PhD
> program then arriving into environmental consulting to discover
> everything is done in English units was quite a shock to me.  What's
> worse is the basterdized system of using tenths of an inch (like when
> measuring depth to groundwater)!
> 
> The U.S. needs to bite the bullet, take the one-time cost hit, and
> switch.  It will never be cheaper than now.  Use SI in the grade
> schools
> and it will be the standard within two generations.  Let's get on with
> it and join the rest of the world.
> 
> > NASA's latest Mars obit crashed due to a foul up in
> > converting miles to km.  See webpage:
> > http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric/
> > for the story.
> 
> My opinion only.
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