Return-Path: Received: from rly-md09.mx.aol.com (rly-md09.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.147]) by air-md06.mail.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILINMD061-9284881087d1e8; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:17:59 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md09.mx.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD098-9284881087d1e8; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:17:51 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KJxKN-0006OA-7K for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:17:23 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KJxKM-0006O1-Iq for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:17:22 +0100 Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.co.uk ([193.252.22.158] helo=smtp1.freeserve.com) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KJxKJ-0007vS-39 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:17:22 +0100 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3009.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 3A1B41C00084 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from AGB (unknown [91.110.91.118]) by mwinf3009.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 616221C00083 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:09 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20080718211709399.616221C00083@mwinf3009.me.freeserve.com Message-ID: From: "Graham" To: References: <000c01c8e8c3$7e117840$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> <20080718143702.3n65kjpyrugwkowk@webmail4.kuleuven.be> <002001c8e8d9$6612e240$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> <4881055B.5070501@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:17:05 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=0.840 Subject: Re: LF: Units Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n Peter, It was a recent mars mission, half the guidance software was in metric and the other was in imperial , the problem was neither actually knew it a the time .. and its either on its way, as noted in the hitch hikers guide, to the cafe at the end of the universe or its the cause of mars surface crater N + 1 , where N is a big number ! Our submarines sail with two sets of spanners , metric for 'our' bits and imperial for those items that originate slightly more to the west ! G .. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Dodd" Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:04 PM To: Subject: LF: Units > Andy Talbot wrote: >> The only country that doesn't oficially use the Metric system is the >> USA, along with two tiny ones whose names don't come to mind. > I think Myanmar and Liberia. >> And >> look what not using it cost the Nasa space programme! >> > How were these costs incurred? I have a detailed document describing the > first United States manned orbital space flight and that was done using > ft, inches, Lbs, degrees F etc, but that was in 1962. I find it hard to > believe the use the same units these days. > Modern USA scientific literature seems to be metric. > > Regards > > Peter, G3LDO > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: > 270.5.2/1561 - Release Date: 7/18/2008 18:35 > > >