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Al Gore: Marshalling the Collective Will is NOT the Problem--The Problem is the Problem!

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 3 days ago: In his new book, former vice-president Al Gore says we have in hand all the tools we need to solve t … more →

Tags: Capital, Social capital, human capital, measurement, Metrology, Actor Network Theory (ANT), traceability, Reference Standards, Meaning

Draft Legislation on Development and Adoption of an Intangible Assets Metric System

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 6 days ago: In my opinion, more could be done to effect meaningful and effective health care reform with legisla … more →

Tags: Metrology, repeatability, reliability, validity, reproducibility, traceability, Reference Standards, Psychometrics, Quality Assessment & Improvement

Going metric--or not

scribe9 wrote 6 days ago: This week one of the local papers ran an article about a new business that’s remodeling an old space … more →

Tags: Empire/Commonwealth, HISTORY AND TRADITIONS, Household Stuff, baking, cooking, English measurements, imperial measurements, Measuring

Epic fails, parties and the metric system.

Aria wrote 2 weeks ago: Weird Things -  The Auto-Summary tool on MS Word. When I first heard about it my first thoughts were … more →

Tags: amusing, Birthday, Domestic, AI, auto-summary, Chocolate, ms word, wine gum

How Well Do You Taste?

danielcharlesmoore wrote 2 weeks ago: I was reading James Hoffman’s coffee blog, and he really opened my eyes to the world of compar … more →

Tags: foodie, Coffee, tasting, Chemex, French Press, James Hoffmann, WBC, Espresso

Basic concepts of chemistry Homework & Assignment Help

hunt99 wrote 4 weeks ago:   Units of measurement   The chosen standard of measurement of a quantity which has essent … more →

Tags: Online Homework And Assignment Help, dimensional analysis, units of measurement, basic SI units, Conversion factors, basic concepts of chemistry homework help, basic concepts of chemistry assignment help, school: chemistry, College Chemistry

Clarifying the Goal: Submitting Rasch-based White Papers to NIST8 comments

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 1 month ago: NIST does not currently have any metrological standards (metrics to which all instruments measuring … more →

Tags: measurement, Metrology, traceability, Reference Standards, Rasch, Metrics, Standards, performance metrics, Science

Gibibyte Versus Gigabyte

albertusunbound wrote 1 month ago: When you buy a hard drive, you usually take note of the capacity and, depending if you’re a me … more →

Tags: Computers, High Technology, numbers, Byte, gibibyte, Gigabyte, Metric, number systems

Posted in response to October 5, 2009 Business Week Viewpoint: "Problems with Obama's Innovation Strategy"

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 1 month ago: Everything you (Jeneanne Rae, the author of the Viewpoint) say is quite true, but in the end you don … more →

Tags: Capital, Economics, Economy, measurement, Metrology, Reference Standards, Business, Innovation, Science

Comments on the National Accounts of Well-Being

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 1 month ago: Well-designed measures of human, social, and natural capital captured in genuine progress indicators … more →

Tags: Business, Capital, Data, Econometrics, Economics, Economy, Education, Health Care, Healthcare Reform

Just posted on www.economist.com in response to Sept 26 Schumpeter article4 comments

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 1 month ago: Let’s cut through the Gordian Knot to the real issue. That we manage what we measure is as clo … more →

Tags: Business, Capital, Data, Econometrics, Economics, Education, Harmony, Healthcare Reform, human capital

Response to John Carney's comments on Sept 25th's Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal on NPR

livingcapitalmetrics wrote 2 months ago: Way to go, John Carney!! You’re my new hero! Finally someone has said it right out loud: Even … more →

Tags: Capital, Social capital, human capital, natural capital, measurement, Metrology, traceability, Reference Standards, Meaning

A weighted letter3 comments

jilladuling wrote 2 months ago: Countries in red are non-metric-measurement users Dear, Metric System, One time, when I was in the 3 … more →

Tags: Canada, daily life, imperial system

America Replacing Imperial Units With “Jingo” Measurement System

newfoundlandfreepress wrote 2 months ago: WASHINGTON – Curtis Leschyshyn, President of the National Institute of Standards and Technolog … more →

Tags: Canada, INTERNATIONAL, aircraft carrier, Armageddon, Blue Whale, Curtis Leschyshyn, Deep Impact, dfait, fire in the sky

The what system?2 comments

niceheart wrote 2 months ago: I saw a lot of the speed limit signs on the highway on my recent trip to Minnesota. I knew that the … more →

Tags: Minnesota, That's not even funny, Standard System, US customary units

'The Sunpilots' Debut - 9-17-09

freakinfm wrote 2 months ago: FM Debut’d a few tracks from The Sunpilots(Metric System, Animals In My Mind, Faking This) thi … more →

Tags: FFM DEBUTS, FFM Band News, Animals In My Mind, Faking This, The Sunpilots, MySpace

"That really grinds my gears..."2 comments

sabbathdei wrote 2 months ago: 10 THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY “GETTING ON MY GOAT” 1.MY LOCAL COUNCIL Today,I received th … more →

Tags: Stuff & Nonsense, Life, Conspiracy Theory, spiders, Banks, Football, Councils, waste, Offices

The Measure of All Things: Translation and Units of Measurement

asisttranslations wrote 3 months ago: Because 90% of the world uses the metric system, conversion of measurement units from the English sy … more →

Tags: Foreign Language, language facts, translation, Columbus, Foreign Languages, INTERNATIONAL, Metric Conversions, Ohio, technical translation

The Metric System is changing1 comment

jbergfel wrote 3 months ago: The weight of the original kilogram, a metal cylinder forged in London over a hundred years ago and … more →

Tags: Science, Kilogram


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