This has to do with metrology, not the metric system. To that extent it
is off-topic.
I sent this a bit ago to the folks that run the FoxNews.com web site. I
just could not keep myself from taking that poke at their journalists!
Jim
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Scott Peterson's cell size incorrect
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:42:59 -0500
From: James Frysinger <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
See
http://www.foxnews.com/ as of July 06 at 1337 CDT
"San Quentin prison officials reveal details about the daily routine
of Laci Peterson's killer, from his relations with other inmates to what
his 6-cubic-feet cell is like at the Northern California facility."
Even coffins are larger than 6 cubic feet. A cell that is 6 ft by 6 ft
by 6 ft (that is, a cube 6 ft on a side) would have a floor space of 36
square feet (ft²) and a volume of 216 cubic feet (ft³). Do all
journalists sleep through their high school and college math classes?
Jim
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