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At least they are using yards which is more
analogous to metres rather than feet. They use feet on road signs,
not yards, in the US. It's a way to help educate the public that
really doesn't understand the refinements and difference between yards and
metres.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:12
PM
Subject: [USMA:36519] Yet another case of
news media metric confusion
Compare this story http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/08/bodies-field060408.html
with the corresponding MSNBC story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12224529/
The
Canadian story gives the distance as 200 meters and the MSNBC one as 200 yards
:).
Yards? Meters? Meters? Yards? In some ways I pity MSNBC but it's
still annoying :).
I apologize for the stories being kind of grim but
it brings the point across rather well.
Mike
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"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
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