Re: Objectionable Material for Children

[Charlie Bell]

> I have just watched the _Unbreakable_ movie. It's *very* good.
>
> But this is not what I want to say.
>
> They did a good job of translating all horrible imperial units to
> SI. Except once. They mention a runner that makes "400 yards
> in 45 seconds". What the hell is that?

It's near enough 400 metres. A yard is 3 feet, and for short-ish distances
the difference isn't really relevant.

> Well, I know that 1 foot = 28 cm (see previous message), and
> 1 yard = an integer but weird number of feet (or is a mile that
> is an integer but weird number of yards? - oh, forget it).

1 foot = 30.48cm.

> So, 1 yard = 0.84 meters

1 yard = .91 metres.

Don't worry about yards, Alberto, for most distances where yards are used
(i.e. in running races) yard = metre is good enough to get the idea.

Charlie