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The European Parliament voted Thursday to allow Britain and Ireland to keep some of their old imperial measurements so pubs can still serve pints and road signs can show miles instead of kilometers.
Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Uses Base-10 File Sizes Apple have changed Finder from base-2 to base-10 file size calculations. The change was made in a boneheaded and idiotic way. They have ONLY changed Finder to base-10. This means that all other applications are reporting transfer speed and sizes in base-2.
American CookiesI don't get the American measurements? Honestly, the idea of measuring both liquids and solids in cups seems absurd, and the whole ounce vs fluid ounce doesn't make it much clearer to me either.
Converting To The Metric SystemThe United States is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't use the metric system as its predominant system of weights and measures—a fact that many Americans besides me find ridiculous.
It's time for the U.S. to join the rest of the world and go fully metricThe U.S. is attempting to cut off the lamb's tail a bit at a time when it comes to adopting the metric system. If President Bush is looking for a legacy, he might push the U.S. to join the rest of the world, and ask Congress to complete our conversion to the metric system.
Banned From Serving Beer By The LitreThe owner of a Polish restaurant today described laws which ban him from serving beer by the litre as "barmy" after he was threatened with court action.
Measuring Distance in Japan - The Metric WayThose planning to travel, for business or pleasure will do well to learn the system of length conversion known as the metric system.
Last winter I started a project in which I explored a season through music. I made playlists for each season filled with the music that really put me a mood matching each time of year.
Stephen Colbert - Comedy Central - The Metric SystemNo, we don't have a perfectly good measuring system! We have a clumsy, entangled, confusing measuring system! Only 4 countries not using metric system, Galon is buffalo skull size. TIME: 02:29
Metric Inquiry ResearchWhy The United States Has Not Fully Implemented The Metric System An inquiry project exploring the search strategies utilized by 8th grade science students. Jamie Daugherty
FGCU - speed limit signs post metric speedsBefore National Metric Week kicks off next month, Florida Gulf Coast University has become the first state college in Florida to install metric speed limit signs on campus.
Census Bureau Data RevealIn 2006, about 8 million more people spoke a foreign language at home than in 2000. Nationally, one in five (19.7 percent) over age 5 spoke a language other than English at home, compared to 17.9 percent in 2000.
This edition of my seasonal playlists rounds out a year of music that reflects my own personal reactions to the changes in environment that come with the ever-advancing months (for those of you who aren't lucky enough to live in a part of the world with real seasons, try to imagi …
Metric Hit The RoadAfter spending much of the summer laying the ground work for a new LP in Toronto's Giant Studios, Metric are prepared to hit the road with a number of dates confirmed for a fall stateside tour.
The last 30 to 60 days has seen every major and minor publication in print and online, including Newsvine scrambling to put together "the best" music of 2006.
NASA - Metric MoonMoon goes metric, NASA says. International space agencies cheer.
Interview With Emily HainesTaking the bird's-eye view, Haines concludes, "I've always had the sense that I couldn't just be of the world, that I always had to leave it and take stock. Making this record was acknowledging [my] habit of always retreating.
The Imminent Demise of the Page ViewIs the Page View a fading metric in evaluating the worth of web properties? Steve Rubel says yes, and he gives it until 2010. The widgetization of the web, he says, will gradually render the page view metric obsolete.
Canada's top 10 albums vie for prizeCanada's music scene finally has an award to recognize the talent in the country's music scene. Unlike the Grammy-like Junos, the Polaris Music Prize ignores commercial sales and aims to recognize Canada's best album based on creative quality.
Every once in a while you read a news story, or get a flyer, or walk past "the rambling guy" talking about the latest efforts to get the United States to switch to the metric system.
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