Write to them. Objectively, politely. Duncan -----Original Message----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 23, 2001 01:17 Subject: [USMA:11775] fall of MIR on CNN >It is 0:650 when I write this e-mail and I am looking at CNN's program about >the demise of the MIR. It is a real ifp festival. Some of those interviewed >use SI, but CNN does not know what that is, evidently. You see a counter at >43.xxxxxxxxxx miles going down. Yes, very logical and rational to use >decimal fractions in ifp, just as logical as dividing the kilometer in >1024ths and 2048ths! > >CNN did its vievers a very bad service. Once again we see the pretension >that all nations use ifp! > >Han > > > >
