Talk:International System of Units/Archive 2

message: Is there a relationship between SI and ISO? There are only two links to ISO at the bottom. Surely, there is more to say about the relationship between the two. DirkvdM 08:18, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Like what?  --Jeepien
Well, they're both concerned with standardisation of units of measurement. I don't know much else, except that ISO is often stricter than others and that it covers a much wider field. But surely there will be an overlap that deserves mentioning. Anyway, don't ask me, I'm asking you :) . DirkvdM 19:38, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

text: The first thing to remember is ISO is an organisation whereas the SI is a standard. I'm not an expect but from this article and general knowledge I believe the BIPM defines and makes recommendations about the SI. The ISO takes and publishes these definitions and recommendations in an international standard which you can purchase. 60.234.141.76 10:47, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  SI and ISO 

message: "For example, bread is sold in one-half, one or two kilogram sizes in many countries, but you buy them by multiples of one hundred grams in the former USSR".
Having lived in the former USSR for 20 years, I find this statement inaccurate, at best. You can't walk into a store in the former USSR and ask for X*100 grams of bread. Bread is simply not sold by weight. You can only buy multiples of half-loaves. Besides, there is no "standard loaf of bread", one loaf can weigh anywhere from 400 to 850 grams. 
There is, however, a standard unit of measurement called "100 grams." When used without specifying the subject of measurement ( e.g. "would you like 100 grams?" ), it invariably refers to vodka.
--Itinerant1 06:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bread in USSR 

message: I removed the prickly section about "fabricated" constants. The sentence was awkward and run-on to begin with. The permittivity of the vacuum can be measured and has been verified. It fulfills the scientific definition of the word "constant".
As for the alleged problems with the CGS system, it would be preferable to have a comparison section or related stub article, rather than a brief, unsubstantiated dismissal.
Hopefully someone with expertise can do the upgrade in a neutral POV and with encyclopedic tone.
:The sentence may have been awkward; the point is valid.  The electrical constant (permittivity of a vacuum) and magnetic constant (permeability of free space) are defined, not measured, in the context of SI, and different in various cgs and other systems (both equal one exactly in Gaussian cgs units).  Gene Nygaard 14:12, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constants in CGS 

message: Substituted at 14:36, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Moved here from my talkpage. -- DeFacto (talk). 07:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: according to the banner at the top of this page, this article is written in British English (and not British Oxford English), and all other instances of 'is'/'iz' words were already spelt with the 'is' anyway (idealise, standardise, recognise, etc.). For that reason I fixed the spellings of the few anomalies per MOS:RETAIN. -- DeFacto (talk). 07:14, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  ah, the banner is on the Talk page and I looked for something at the top of the Article page. Sorry for the noise. — Tonymec (talk) 07:18, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  About "Britishizing" International System of Units