Dear John and All, It seems to me that you are right when you say 1 metre is the equivalent of three feet for the simple reason that each value has the same number of significant digits � one.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-07-14 00.15, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2002-07-13 > > Why convert 3 feet to 90 cm? Why not make it a whole metre? If 1 m and 1 > yard are practically the same, then 3 feet can be 1 m. Who is to say the > data wasn't original 1 m, converted back to a rounded 3 feet instead of 3.3 > feet and then back converted to 0.9 m. > > It seems it is ok to round metric conversions to FFU to rounded FFU, but not > the other way around. > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-07-12 21:12 > Subject: [USMA:21011] Fish story > > >>> From Yahoo news, linked on Drudge. >> >> I love this: "75 yards (meters)", as if its beyond the reader's capability >> to remember that the two are essentially equivalent, for most practical >> purposes. >> >> It reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live "News for the Deaf" spoof, >> where one person read the news and the other shouted it, with his hands >> cupped. <g> >> >> Nat >> >> --------------------------- >> >> Meat-eating fish from China introduced to Maryland waters by pet owner >> Fri Jul 12,12:01 PM ET >> By ANGELA POTTER, Associated Press Writer >> >> ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Nearly 100 meat-eating fish native to China have > been >> found in a Maryland pond where a pet owner dumped two of them in 2000, > state >> officials said Friday amid concern that the fish will become a major > threat >> to native species. >> >> >> The northern snakehead can grow to be 3 feet (90 centimeters) long and has > a >> voracious appetite. >> >> The situation is of special concern to authorities because the Little >> Patuxent River is about 75 yards (meters) from the pond, and northern >> snakeheads can live three days out of water and even walk short distances > on >> their fins in search of food. >> >> "They can gain a foothold here and begin to proliferate in ways that would >> displace native organisms," said Eric Schwaab, director of the Department > of >> Natural Resources Fisheries Service. >> >> On Thursday, agency officials caught 99 young northern snakeheads by using >> an electroshock method that stuns them, causing them to float to the > surface >> of the water. >> >> "We've said all along that if there are juveniles in there, there would be >> hundreds or thousands of them," agency spokesman John Surrick said Friday. >> >> Two adult fish were released into the Crofton pond two years ago, police >> said Thursday. State officials learned the species was present in May, > when >> an angler caught a suspicious fish and provided a photo for > identification. >> Since then, biologists have caught several young fish. >> >> State officials are setting up a scientific panel to investigate the > problem >> and come up with recommendations to remove the snakeheads from the pond. >> >> No charges were filed against the owner of the two original fish, whom >> police would not identify, because the statute of limitations has expired. >> >> "They outgrew the capability of his care, so the individual chose to > release >> them into what he felt was a safe environment," said Capt. Mark Sanders of >> the Maryland Natural Resources police. >> >> >> More from > AP World Politics >> Next Story: Saturday, July 13, 2002 >> Fri Jul 12, 9:01 PM ET - (AP) >> >> >
