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Re: [Phys-l] Historical trivium



On 11/20/2010 10:34 AM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
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It is understood that the IEEE, in its publications, will use whichever unit is preferred by an individual author. The Hewlett-Packard Journal has adopted a similar policy, i.e., both cycles per second and hertz may be used for a transitional time of a year or more. It is expected that full adoption of the unit hertz will then be made after this time and after broader knowledge of the unit exists.

-Editor
This reminds me of a newspaper piece on the adoption of traffic roundabouts in the US.
Traffic engineers like them because they are relatively low maintenance, reduce serious T bone collisions in favor of minor sideswipes and improve flow rates. When polled however, intended users show a 1/3 approval rate, and mention that America is different, or similar. After adoption, user polls improve to about 2/3 approval rates.

Brian W