Netters,
A few years back somebody posted a metric conversion
program that ran on Excel to the list. In switching
jobs etc. I have managed to lose that program and I'm
wondering if anyone could email to me directly since
it is not permisable to post an attachment to the
list. I thought it was
In a message dated 9/4/02 9:07:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Attacking journalists when they make mistakes, however, clearly is not
appropriate or effective most of the time.
- Ed Parrot
But it's OK for journalists to do the same?
malmo
Sure. It's in the job description.
Jim Gerweck
I lost mine too. Please send me one too.
malmo
Netters,
A few years back somebody posted a metric conversion
program that ran on Excel to the list. In switching
jobs etc. I have managed to lose that program and I'm
wondering if anyone could email to me directly since
it is not permisable to
No one is attacking the journalist. We (the readers) are just correcting
the facts, that's all. It's done ALL the time. Read page 2 of any
newspaper under errata.
JL
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From: malmo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 6:06 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f:
Ron,
In the middle of nowhere is a relative term(and therefore debatable) which I
will take full and complete responsibility for. There was actually at least one
other error in my post and that is that she finished 8th not 7th. I posted that
correction immediately but the server gods saw fit not
Of course, don't forget that the conversions for vertical jumps and
horizontal jumps/throws are slightly different, if you're using it
for track conversions.
Lee
Netters,
A few years back somebody posted a metric conversion
program that ran on Excel to the list. In switching
jobs etc. I have
I'm reminded of my all-time favorite correction, from U. of Texas'
student newspaper (recalling/paraphrasing from memory):
The Daily Texan reported yesterday that [Name of politician] said
that the appointment of [another person] to the state water
commission would be 'a stake through the
I've switched computers in the last few months and can't find the original
Rand-o-Meter, as Tony labeled it, BUT
I found it in the uoregon archive:
http://www.mail-archive.com/t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu/msg01896/metric1.xls
The usual caveats apply. Don't use it to convert anything that
gh wrote
Note that WC standards are now linked to OG, which didn't
used to be the case.
WHY??
If i were king the world champs would be come less like and less linked to the
olympics.
David Donley
A pic I stumbled across in a google search; apparently a track in
Taiwan after an earthquake:
http://cgpr.ce.vt.edu/photo_album_for_geotech/Earthquake%20hazards/Rupture%20-%20Taiwan/Rupture%20Taiwan%20P3.html
--
Lee Nichols
Assistant News Editor
The Austin Chronicle
512/454-5766 ext. 138
fax
Hallo all.
Randy: thanks for looking this up!
My problem is: I am not metrically challenged, but 'imperially'...
With my college mathematics background I was convinced I should be able
to reverse
the formula used, but it proved a bit too much work in the first try
(especially
the 'rounding'
Caution-
the basic assumption is that all of these marks were measured
metrically, and tables or software tools like this 'converter'
serve to convert to imperial using standard procedures and assumptions.
It is not directly reversable mathematically, if all you have
is an imperial mark which has
Netters:
Since the AL pennant race somehow got into the list, I pass along
this story told me last night by a now-retired track coach from NJ:
He weas addressing the faculty at his school and, to lighten things
up, and as a die-hard Red Sox fan, offered this comparison
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