Comments on: January 24 roundup

By: nmisscommenter

nmisscommenter — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:25:59 +0000

Doesn't it defeat the whole purpose of a wiki for one person to write it and lock up the content? I thought the idea was to draw on contributions from "the crowd." Walter may be correct that one side might swoop down and "edit" to death (although my experience elsewhere has been that this really hasn't been happening much), but that just suggests the Wiki model might not work here. Limiting it to one contributor seems no better than shutting it down to me.

By: Steve Eugster

Steve Eugster — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:56:57 +0000

I intend to do my utmost to be sure the information put up on http://www.wikiscruggs.com/ is factual. My hope for the site is that it will serve as a resource for those who wish to understand the US v. Scruggs litigation and related matters and also explore concerns about the Mississippi judicial system and legal environment.

Steve Eugster

By: John N.

John N. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:48:42 +0000

If going metric then go all the way. Convert time, too. 10 “hours” in a day (1 deciday ~ 2 hr 24 min),
10 “minutes” in an hour (centiday ~ 14.5 min),
10 “seconds” in a minute (1 milliday ~1.5 min),
and for short measurements the microday (~0.9 sec.)

Although I would expect there to be vigorous debate from those who would prefer to start with the existing second and build up to hectosecond (~1 min 40 sec),
kilosecond (~16 min 40 sec),
and megaseconds (~11.5 days)

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:16:00 +0000

The British pound is ‘metric’, at least it’s decimalized, with 100 pence to the pound. No more shillings to muck about with.

By: nevins

nevins — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:40:59 +0000

Seems silly of the Brits to harp at their own citizens about the use of metric measures when it’s all pretty superficial anyway. Canada thinks it’s all smugly metrified but at the core it ain’t so. Their 2 by 4 boards are still in inches, so to plywood, most nuts and bolts in their hardware stores, and the operations of their chemical plants as some examples I’ve seen throughout my career in engineering.
If the Brits want really to enjoy the benefits of trade in similar units of measure they will have to give up their pounds sterling too and switch to ‘metric’ money, the euro.