I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do."
We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's license requirements. Utah has already rejected the "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL stuff is going to be even worse. But highway signs would be a war.
RickK
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Rick (giantsrick13@yahoo.com) [050518 05:32]:
I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do." We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's license requirements. Utah has already rejected the "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL stuff is going to be even worse. But highway signs would be a war.
What I want to know is whether weather reports in Detroit *really do* show temperatures on the US side in Fahrenheit and on the Canadian side in Celsius, on the same diagram, with no explanation.
- d.
What I want to know is whether weather reports in Detroit *really do* show temperatures on the US side in Fahrenheit and on the Canadian side in Celsius, on the same diagram, with no explanation.
That's 'cause Canada is colder, of course. Duh.
Sean Barrett (sean@epoptic.org) [050518 05:42]:
What I want to know is whether weather reports in Detroit *really do* show temperatures on the US side in Fahrenheit and on the Canadian side in Celsius, on the same diagram, with no explanation.
That's 'cause Canada is colder, of course. Duh.
"Aaaand it's thirty-eight in Detroit tonight, but only THREE in Windsor! Phew!"
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
Rick (giantsrick13@yahoo.com) [050518 05:32]:
I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do." We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's license requirements. Utah has already rejected the "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL stuff is going to be even worse. But highway signs would be a war.
What I want to know is whether weather reports in Detroit *really do* show temperatures on the US side in Fahrenheit and on the Canadian side in Celsius, on the same diagram, with no explanation.
I can't comment on what the Detroit stations do, but some of the Washington state stations here on the west coast certainly do that.
Ec
On May 17, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Rick wrote:
I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do."
That's pretty much what actually happened.
1975: Federal projects are required to start moving to metric. 1978: The law is updated to ban the use of federal funds on metric road signs (that's how the few that were installed managed to disappear over time). 1979: It's allowed again, but only in Puerto Rico. 1991: Metric signs are no longer banned. 1995: States are still allowed to install metric signs (and in a startling innovation, are now allowed to build roads to metric dimensions!), but the Feds are prohibited from requiring them to do so.
The rest of the world is now welcomed to join in yet another chorus of "what is *wrong* with those people?"
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:32:28PM -0700, Rick wrote:
I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do."
We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's license requirements. Utah has already rejected the "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL stuff is going to be even worse.
I can only hope. I'm cynical enough to believe that most of the states are just going to roll over and expose their soft underbellies to this nonsense, though.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
(warning: criticism of Mormonism ahead) Utah has too many children, anyway - no wonder why Utah is so reluctant to engage in "No Child Left Behind". It's high time the President of the church over there realized the folly of overpopulation and had another "revelation". (/criticism of Mormonism)
I could see a whole bunch of Western states whining about DL requirements...
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Rick wrote:
I can just see the United States trying to do a mass conversion of highway signs. Each state would have to sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the federal government can't tell us what to do."
We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's license requirements. Utah has already rejected the "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL stuff is going to be even worse. But highway signs would be a war.
RickK
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