I run into that problem all the time concerning GPS and GNSS. Even editors of technical magazines are often not fully scientifically literate. In the editorial of a GNSS magazine this month, the editor stated that an asterism was a group of constellations! :-(
-- Richard Langley ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: l...@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Feb 21, 2019, at 8:57 AM, Frank King <f...@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > Dear Willy et al, > > You are quite right... > >> There are two fundamental errors in the >> article by David Leafe for the Daily Mail. > > He spent an hour on the telephone to me > yesterday evening. He went through his > text about 20 times. The big problem, for > me, was trying to explain the difference > between latitude and longitude! > > An even bigger problem was that his Editor > kept reminding himthat the text must be > something that Daily Mail readers could > understand! > > I thought he had got everything right but > his Editor must have back-tracked a couple > of versions. No doubt Daily Mail readers > will be happy :-) > > Moral: never believe what you read in the > newspapers even when it is quoting me. > > Very best wishes > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
