Brij,
To the contrary. The AP should be *faulted* for converting a value in meters
to a value in "feet". The rounding from a single digit (a likely *estimate* of
about 1 km) to two digits of *implied* precision ("3300 feet") is also
objectionable, as John Steele explained.
Gene.
Censor of Deviations from SI
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:27:09 -0400
>From: Brij Bhushan Vij <[email protected]>
>Subject: [USMA:47643] Bravo RE: Re: Oil Spill Technical Team Using SI
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>...
> 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",...
