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Knots being phased out?
"Chuck Gould" wrote in
ps.com: Sometimes a depth sounder is appropriate in the showroom, where it has been known to get piled up pretty deep indeed. :-) Have some fun with the boat salesman in the Sperry shoes. Point to any piece of electronics on the new boat and ask, "Can you show me how this works?" The sonar WILL ping the floor under the trailer, but the reading will be wrong and no fish will show up, no matter how long he watches it. Another fun thing to do is to put the radar digital display in DEMO mode and ask him how come it can see targets so far away through the sheet metal walls of the show room....(c; For some reason, I'm not welcome in showrooms any more.... Larry -- If we eliminate religion, will they stop murdering each other? |
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European Union DIrective
Appears this is related to the EU's Metric Directive. Outlawing the use
of Non-Metric units. In it's allowed units for special circumstances it lists the Fathom as authorized for maritime use. But does not list the Knot. However this can likley be worked around as there is no prohibition in using Minutes of Latitude and likewise Minutes of Latitude per hour. Oliver Fleming wrote: Hi, I have been told that all new equipment, chartplotters, speedometers and the like will not have knots as a speed option. Knots will be phased out and KPH will be the new standard for marine equipment. Has anybody heard of this? If so where? Some links please if available. Thanks Oliver Fleming |
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It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the
administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. |
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European Union DIrective
Rich Hampel wrote: It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. Yeah, all measuration in units of 10, just like our numbering system. How could anything make less sense? Hmm, I guess you could have the Imperial system, where an there are twelve inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5280 feet in a mile which was derived from 8 furlongs. |
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European Union DIrective
Machine tool wise the metric system is a bad joke. All the lead and
pitch profiles are much less strong than the US system or even the old Whitworth system.... remember that when youre flying in a EU built aircraft, etc. Then again, think about how much its costing your wallet for a non-EU manufacturer to be compliant to the EU "CE" or "ISO" standards ... all in the name of bureacratic BS. If this all wasnt just solely a means of one-ups-manship and overt unfair trade control then it could be funny. In article . com, basskisser wrote: Rich Hampel wrote: It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. Yeah, all measuration in units of 10, just like our numbering system. How could anything make less sense? Hmm, I guess you could have the Imperial system, where an there are twelve inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5280 feet in a mile which was derived from 8 furlongs. |
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European Union DIrective
Rich Hampel wrote:
It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. Anything the EU or anybody else can do to Microsoft is welcome. Long live Linux |
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krj wrote:
Rich Hampel wrote: It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. Anything the EU or anybody else can do to Microsoft is welcome. Long live Linux Yeah, you'll think that is fine until the EU decides it needs to standardize computers and does it without any regard for logic, what is in use, what is or is not in the public domain, or anything else. Imagine that the pencil necked geek that came up with this initiative is on a Token Ring network and decides that Token Ring is what is best for the EU and allows not other interface to the world. I don't begrudge anyone the metric system, I understand it, can converse in it fluently, and use it when and where I want or when it makes more sense. But I also use the Imperial system and a number of other standards that have come into common and widespread use over the years. U.S. commerce has gone to providing markings in both systems and that works for everybody. But to allow some anal retentive, my way or no way, petty beaureaucrat ram something like this down the world's throat simply does not make any sense. Jack -- Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net (also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com) |
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I'll bet it really galls the ISO that the Earth's circumference doesn't fit
nicely into the metric system. 40,066 KM divided by 100 degrees divided by 100 minutes divided by 100 seconds = 40.066 meters. A messy little number that just doesn't fit. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "Rich Hampel" wrote in message ... It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. |
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European Union DIrective
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message ... I'll bet it really galls the ISO that the Earth's circumference doesn't fit nicely into the metric system. 40,066 KM divided by 100 degrees divided by 100 minutes divided by 100 seconds = 40.066 meters. A messy little number that just doesn't fit. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "Rich Hampel" wrote in message ... It wont be long until the EU 'resets' the prime meridian through the administrative capital of Brussels .... just like the French tried to do a short time after the French Revolution ..... and then defined the meter as ~ 1/10.000,000 of the circumference of the earth. Just remember this is what you get when you install authoritarian socialism .... nothing make 'sense' and you HAVE to blindly follow the 'rules' .... ask Microsoft how they feel about the EU. All such arbitrary measurement systems are silly. We should base all measurements on the half-life of Cesium, as the good Lord intended. |
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