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Skriven 2008-11-20 08:54:07 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: CELSIUS 233 81120
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> wavelength of some energy emission, or some arbitrary
 ML> percentage of the circumference of the earth? Anyhow,
 GJ> The wavelength of a monochromatic light is an exact standard which can
 GJ> be replicated anywhere in the world, so aeroplane bits made in
 GJ> Australia will fit perfectly onto other bits made in France.

 ML> Oh, most bogus of arguments, the metric unit is just as arbitrary
 ML> a multiple of the wavelength as the English unit. It's merely
 ML> 6 point something times ten to the thirteenth versus 2 point
 ML> something else. There's no benefit to the former except a modest
 ML> ease of calculation, which is counteracted by a modest ease in
 ML> the introduction of order of magnitude errors.

The benefit is the ease of replication all over the world without
having to carry a temperature-stabilised lump of platinum around.

 ML> By the way, until fairly recently, until both metric and English
 ML> systems were standardized to conform with some wavelength or other,
 ML> the former was ruled by a metal stick resident at one of the
 ML> academies in France.

Was the US standard at that time anything different, or better?
 
 GJ> The way around that, which works, is to round totals to the nearest 5
 GJ> cents.  The cash register does it automagically.
 ML> I can see NCR or the Diebold Company getting a rake on
 ML> average of about a nickel on every transaction.
 GJ> Perhaps you could buy the same cash registers as have been used in
 GJ> Australia for many years - probably made in China or Malaysia.

 ML> Perhaps it's not in the best interest of retailer or government
 ML> to do so.

Having had to live with a variety of monetary systems since farthings,
I can assure you that dispensing with 1 cent pieces and using automatic
total "rounding" to nearest 5 cents, as practiced here, is very much to
the advantage of both customers and shop-keepers.  There is, of course,
the initial cost of new cash registers, but that is soon compensated
for by savings in transaction times.  It is likely that your retailers
would object to that initial expense, and Walmart, etc rule the guvmin.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Coin Toss
 Categories: Alcohol, Beverages
      Yield: 1 servings
 
      2 oz Scarlet Ibis rum
    3/4 oz Carpano Antica Formula
           Vermouth
    1/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse
    1/4 oz Benedictine
      2 ds Peychaud's bitters
 
  This original cocktail from the Manhattan bar Death & Co. uses
  Scarlet Ibis rum from Trinidad; Santa Teresa 1796 rum from Venezuela
  is a suitable replacement.
  
  Combine ingredients in a mixing glass. Fill with ice, stir well and
  strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  
  Posted by Paul
  From: Www.Cocktailchronicles.Com
 
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