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From: Joseph B.Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 03 November 2001 21:42
After the Chernobyl disaster the Canadian Press reported that
an exclusion
zone of 28 km radius had been declared around the site. That
struck me as
a most unlikely dimension. I
Go to http://www.copernic.com
They have a super search engine in two varieties. One is free, the other is
shareware.
I have downloaded the free Copernic 2001 Basic.
It uses a large number of well kinowen search engines.
I found 64 entries on 'metric' for instance, and most of them were on the
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This is why it is so difficult to just convert back the figures seen in
articles to SI. You don't know how far off the converted figures are, or if
they are true. Unless one has a some understanding of the situation being
described, it is determine what the original result may have
Claiming that the Gotthardt Tunnel has a length of 11.7 miles is equally
stupid, as 11.7 miles is not equal to 11 700 yards, and of course, because
Switzerland is a metric nation. Agencies like AP make English speaking
people believe that ifp used all over the world.
BTW, the innumeracy of
It's just a theory, but there is evidence to the effect that, earlier, many
who became journalists 'hated maths' and [in consequence] couldn't do
science. They hoped to avoid these issues by becoming journalists. They
couldn't hope to become good journalists [without some remedial numeracy].
Yes they do!! Metric AND imperial is taught in our schools!!
Nearly everything down to tin tacks is bought in metric measures over here,
yet we still insist on selling beer in pint glasses and keeping miles and
yards on our public roads!!
There are mixed messages all over the place, so it is
Heh...further along than we in the USA are though. I'd take that over out
situation any day.
B
At 23:36 11/4/01 -, Stephen Davis wrote:
Yes they do!! Metric AND imperial is taught in our schools!!
Nearly everything down to tin tacks is bought in metric measures over here,
yet we still
that's the problem
you still teach imperial! canada does not!
dual labelling is wrong and sell beer by 500 ml
the government takes a too less efforts
From: Stephen Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Stephen Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: U.S. Metric Association [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
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She may be involved in the anti-metric I'm feeling sorry for the metric
martyrs group. She is lying. Next time you see her tell her if she didn't
learn metric in her school, she must have been sleeping through her classes.
That makes her officially an imbecile and not worthy of any
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I think Wiz needs to visit Britain and see for him self. Go visit the shops
and look what is on the shelves. See how gasoline (petrol) is sold. I
wouldn't expect Britain to be 100 % metric, but a lot farther along then
most will tell you.
Yes, maybe the people do still speak
To those who are interested: the hungersite is operating again, and also the
Breast Cancer site and the Rainforest Site. You will still be donating cups
of food and saving acres and square feet of forest, though. Yet I support
them because of what it is about.
Han
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