Comments on: 10 points to NH http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/10-points-to-nh/ Things I learn while living life as per usual Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/10-points-to-nh/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Anonymous Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=109#comment-65 Also, Australia's conversion to metric is a pretty interesting case study. Also, Australia’s conversion to metric is a pretty interesting case study.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/2007/07/10-points-to-nh/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Anonymous Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:58:00 +0000 http://www.ceaselessone.com/student/?p=109#comment-64 Do you really think so? Speedometers have both metric and imperial units, but I don't think that's done much to improve "metric literacy" in the 'States.<br/><br/>Listing metric measurements after the imperial units doesn't quite say "these units are the ones we will be using." Even then, the things that list both don't really have "teeth." Switching speed limit signs to metric only would, I think, have a much larger effect since people could be punished for failing to process the information.<br/><br/>But, yes. Hooray for New Hampshire! Do you really think so? Speedometers have both metric and imperial units, but I don’t think that’s done much to improve “metric literacy” in the ‘States.

Listing metric measurements after the imperial units doesn’t quite say “these units are the ones we will be using.” Even then, the things that list both don’t really have “teeth.” Switching speed limit signs to metric only would, I think, have a much larger effect since people could be punished for failing to process the information.

But, yes. Hooray for New Hampshire!

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