Ezra, All reporting in Australian papers (popular press and national) is 100% metric. Only sea measures are still in nm or kn (knots).
Regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: [USMA:22930] Re: SI reference on CNN | Also, can our Canadian friends report on how the media there reported | distances? I'm curious ... | Ezra | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:39:05 -0700, "Nikolay O. Malyarov" | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > >RE: Caught alleged sniper in the Washington area. | > > | > >"Muhammad earned an M-16 expert marksman badge during his service in the | > >Army, the highest level of expertise given by the military, defense | > >officials at the Pentagon said. | > > | > >That means he had to hit 36 out of 40 targets at a range of about 50 to | > >300 meters." | > >[http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/24/sniper.shootings/index.html] | > > | > >I originally heard this just a minute ago in a televised report. No | > >conversion to ifp was ever done. | > | > You might like to look at how the BBC reported the story: | > | > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2356271.stm | > | > Chris | > | > -- | > UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ | |
