You beat me to it, Gene. :o) I was going to post some pithy comments along the same lines.
Anyway, I share your skepticism, especially regarding Rupert Murdoch and the professional ignoramuses (ignorami?) on Faux News. Bill Potts -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:24 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: Lorelle Young; Don Hillger; Valerie Antoine; Gary Brown; Chris Stone; Don Jordan; Mary Gerke; Sandra Hanson; Mark Henschel; [email protected] Subject: [USMA:49743] Re: "The Daily" Which will be first to actively promote metrication: Rupert Murdoch (sponsor of Fox channels) on the far right, or George Soros (sponsor of MSNBC) on the far left, or CNN (owned by GE? or by ComCast?) in the middle? Eugene A. Mechtly ps. The Daily is on Fox Busness at this very moment. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:18:00 -0600 >From: "Paul Trusten" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:49739] "The Daily" >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "Lorelle Young" <[email protected]>, "Don Hillger" ><[email protected]>, "Valerie Antoine" ><[email protected]>, "Gary Brown" <[email protected]>, "Chris >Stone" <[email protected]>, "Don Jordan" ><[email protected]>, "Mary Gerke" <[email protected]>, "Sandra >Hanson" <[email protected]>, "Mark Henschel" ><[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > As I speak, Rupert Murdoch is announcing the > creation of The Daily, a subscription news and > entertainment product (99 cents per week, not > available on the Web), for the iPad tablet > device only. iPad has about 15 million followers. > Murdoch harps on the "sophisticated reader." I > sense that metric units are going to flow onto this > audience, and I'll be keeping both eyes on this > thing. I haven't bought an iPad yet, but I probably > will very soon. What is your experience with the > iPad if you own one? > ...
