OK gang, I've incorporated your comments along with mine to the Discovery Channel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hu, Alfred > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:34 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: would you please be more flexible and get with the rest of > the world > > Hello Discovery Channel, > > We are frequent viewers of the Discovery Channel since it is entertaining > and very informative. However we notice a few shortcomings in your > programming among which is the lack of use of the metric system. As you > may know the rest of the world is on the metric system and many schools > are teaching it to students. It is time to wean the public from using > archaic inches and feet and promote further use of metric units. > Furthermore many Americans are already familiar with metric sized > beverages, films, Olympic events, and ski trails. Here are few comments > we've gotten from some of the viewers: > > > "Last night, my wife and I watched part of Discovery Channel's show on > the Mammoth "exhumation" in Siberia. We saw the same thing. Tusks got > measured in meters and centimeters, and so forth. Yet the narrator's > script included not one SI unit with the possible exception of the > second. > > My wife asked about that and I told her that it seemed to me as if > Discovery had an explicit and striclty adhered to policy of avoiding > metric units. My comments to Discovery Channel in the past were brushed > off." > > > > " Anyone notice that the scientists uses metric but the narrator > continues to use the ancient units of measure. > > What is it with the discovery channel that it insists on converting > to the old system. Why do they continue to insult us all with this?" > > > We all agree that it is truly disturbing to have the narrator translate > metric units back to US Customary needlessly in many programs. The excuse > that the majority of the audience is in the US so using metric units > should be discouraged is no longer valid. Please start being more > flexible > in your programming. > > Thank you for your attention to this important matter. > > Alfred et al - San Francisco, CA >
