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echo: rberrypi
to: CHARLIE GIBBS
from: RICKMAN
date: 2017-04-03 18:02:00
subject: Re: ARMv8.1?

On 4/3/2017 5:51 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2017-04-03, rickman  wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2017 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> The one that keeps me scratching my head is the way visibilities
>>> are reported in statute miles, while everything else is in
>>> nautical miles.
>>
>> When did the US switch to Celsius?  Is that just aviation you mean?
>
> Yes, just aviation so far.  I can't remember exactly when - it was
> probably about 10 years ago when I started noticing that the weather
> reports coming across the border no longer had Fahrenheit in them.

It's about time.  I wish I had some reason to believe this would change
for the country as a whole in the near future, but I don't see it.
Right now we are stepping backwards in many ways.  I guess that is what
you do when facing a wolf.

--

Rick C

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