Gee, I haven't had a chance to read that issue of Spectrum yet. I hope
that the editors at IEEE are not slipping.
Jim
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Bruce Hebbard wrote:
> Speaking of IEEE Spectrum, I always look forward to the excellent
> January (Technology Analysis and Forecast) issue... But I was a little
> nervous on reading this month's contribution "The Myth, the Law, and
> the Spectrum" (by Martin Cooper, pp. 62-63)...
>
> "The first transatlantic transmission in 1901, which blanketed an
> area of millions of square miles..."
>
> "...[W]e can create reliable, broadband wireless connections between
> any pairs of points we choose -- even if the points are separated
> by only a few feet."
>
> ...especially when IEEE proclaims "A New Year, A New Outlook" for
> ""the enhanced and redesigned IEEE Spectrum". Gulp. Let's hope these
> are just a couple of those innocent colloquialisms, and not an editorial
> change!
>
> Bruce H.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, James R. Frysinger in USMA:10626 wrote:
>
> > Yes, IEEE is *extremely* metric. Once in awhile a non-metric unit will
> > be used in a colloquial manner (e.g., "the whole nine yards") but that's
> > it.
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