[USMA:33437] Re: BBC-- a basket case?

[Philip S Hall]

Today following the actual impact they report it in metric only:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4647673.stm   Phil Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: Ezra Steinberg To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:46 AM Subject: [USMA:33435] BBC-- a basket case? So, here we are, on the web site of the official British news organization discussing a science event (the crashing of the space probe into a comet for the first time), and every single appearance of SI is immediately followed by Imperial (in parentheses):   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4642845.stm   Sadly, this isn't any better than NASA's site (at least based on the couple of pages I quickly sampled on this topic), which also leads with SI and follows with US Customary in parentheses.   Ah, well. As an eternal optimist, I continue to hold out hope that one day Britain will once again lead the way!   Ezra