Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!msi.umn.edu!umeecs!umich!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!marque!compsys.mu.edu!johns From: johns@compsys.mu.edu Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Re: Unclear On The Metric Concept Message-ID: <9967@marque.mu.edu> Date: 2 Nov 90 13:58:44 GMT References: Sender: usenet@marque.mu.edu Reply-To: johns@compsys.mu.edu (John Simms) Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 11 Approved: usenet@marque.mu.edu - -" . . . within a nanometer (about a billionth of a yard) . . . " - Reader's Digest, November 1990, pp. 31 - -[... R.D.'s - identification of a meter with yard is a sad commentary on the - scientific illiteracy of the American public... - --JoSH] JoSH's identification of `meter' with `science' and his failure to comprehend the word `about' is a sad commentary on his scientific ignorance and illiteracy.