Gene, Pat, sirs: >.....probably reported at 1 000 meters. i.e. 3 300 x 0.3048 = 1 005.84 meters. >Note the >discrepancy of 5.84 meters between the value reported ... by the >Associated Press. >Shame on the AP distortion! I must congratulate 'AP' reporting staff that did the right job of using 'soft conversion' as the man on street would want; rather than 'hard accurate to mm conversion", as that learning teaching experience. This shall go well with 'lady in the four walls' and tiny learners/and school teachers making her little student understand the 'metric system'.
Simolarly, 10 feet is around 3 metre and 11 yards is around 10 metre. To popularise the use and understanding of the Metric System, I have often stressed the distance between wickets on the 'Cricket Pitch' be STANDARDISED to 20 metre - which is 20.1168 yards, thereby ignoring 0.1168 yard. Distance between towns need not be measured in mm! Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 55357)/1726+D-172W24-04 (G. Thursday, 2010 June 10H11:44 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) "30 days has July,September, April, June, November and December all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 except on years divisible evenly by 4; except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - as long as you remember that "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE OUTSIDE of calendar-format" Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact via E-mail: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:47640] Re: Oil Spill Technical Team Using SI > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:00:56 -0500 > > > Pat, > > In my local newspaper I read that an oil plume was located at a depth of "3 > 300 feet" which was probably reported at 1 000 meters. i.e. 3 300 x 0.3048 = > 1 005.84 meters. Note the discrepancy of 5.84 meters between the value > reported and the numbed down value disseminated by the Associated Press. > > Shame on the AP distortion! > > Gene, > Censor of Deviations from SI > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:29:29 +1000 > >From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:47625] Re: Oil Spill Technical Team Using SI > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > > Dear Gene, > > You might be interested in this article in our local > > newspaper, 'The > > Age': > > http://www.theage.com.au/world/experts-at-loggerheads-over-oil-leak-rate-20100608-xtlj.html > > > > Since each of the sources has their own > > 'down-dumber' I don't suppose we can have any > > confidence whether the original data (kilograms, > > litres, cubic metres, metres per minute, metres per > > hour, gallons UK, gallons USA, feet per minute, etc, > > ) is being reported reliable given the possibility > > of multiple conversion errors. > > Cheers, > > > > Pat Naughtin > >... > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3
