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I thought the same about the unwarranted (and inaccurate) precision
by our Australian TV network when converting the pounds on The Biggest Loser.� As
it was the first time I have seen it done, I did not want to quibble that it
was not accurate, especially when considering that the pounds had been rounded
to start with. Although, I did quibble a few months when I mailed a letter to
a US Company about the accuracy of the conversions they had provided on the
Australian version of their Webpage.� I raised with them some errors I had discovered,
and I also questioned why they had provided such a precise metric conversion of
what was a US Customary approximation of 5,000 square feet. Quote from
letter: "There always going to be problems when you convert
between units, for example do you provide a hard or soft conversion.� A hard conversion to 464
square metres implies a precise measurement.� Not only is this not practical,
it is not even accurate when you consider that the original source of 5,000
square feet was only an approximation. A soft conversion of either 450 square
metres or 500 square metres appears more logical." Unfortunately, I did not receive a reply to that letter. However, to their credit I have noted there are corrections
on some of the WebPages concerned.� One interesting correction was on the original French Webpage
where they gave the specifications (caract�ristiques) in decimal inches. It has
since been corrected. On page
3 of my letter, I captured the original WebPages as a PDF documents and provided
links to their current page. I also wrote 'square metres' and not 'm�' in my letter, as I
thought the person reading it may not understand what a 'm' is, and it was also
the way it was written on their WebPages. � -----Original Message----- On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:20, Brenton wrote: > I was watching on our Australian television, the NBC TV show The
Biggest > Loser.� The program being US based is of course presented only in
pounds. > > However, when the first episode went to air here a few weeks ago,
there was > no apparently no conversion to kilograms.� I have understood that
the > television station showing this series here received complaints
from > Australian viewers that they did not understand pounds. As they were weighed to the nearest pound, presenting figures precise
to the decagram is unwarranted precision, and someone's mass varies by much
more than that when he takes a drink. phma -- Mes r�gles mensuelles ont lieu une fois par an. ����� -Les Perles de la m�decine |
- [USMA:32230] The Biggest Loser Brenton
- [USMA:32231] Re: The Biggest Loser Bill Hooper
