On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:13:07 -0700, Bruce Raup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >I just discovered the article at >http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-77417,00.html, entitled "Antarctic >glacier is losing 4ft of ice each year". The entire article uses only >imperial units (obvious direct conversions from the original metric used >by the scientists), with no metric in site. > >Is The Times knows for this sort of thing? I was surprised to see this in >a UK publication. Remember this is a Murdoch publication. It's lost the integrity it used to have. I haven't checked the Web sites yet, but the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk) reported this all in metric, while the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk) used metric first with fps in parentheses. Chris -- UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
