Say, Chris, how about the "popular" media in Britain? Did the tabloids and the independent stations (radio and TV) use SI, Imperial, or both (and in which order)? (If you happen to know ... )
Ezra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:39:05 -0700, "Nikolay O. Malyarov" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >RE: Caught alleged sniper in the Washington area. > > > >"Muhammad earned an M-16 expert marksman badge during his service in the > >Army, the highest level of expertise given by the military, defense > >officials at the Pentagon said. > > > >That means he had to hit 36 out of 40 targets at a range of about 50 to > >300 meters." > >[http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/24/sniper.shootings/index.html] > > > >I originally heard this just a minute ago in a televised report. No > >conversion to ifp was ever done. > > You might like to look at how the BBC reported the story: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2356271.stm > > Chris > > -- > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
