I am more concerned over the BBC  using the SI standard of speed (IEEE=20
1993)t on their news website the 'mi' unit, it took me a moment to work out=
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that mi/hr  wasn't some reference to a person in Human Resources (another=20
term I detest most violently), but actually meaning MPH. I also object most=
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strongly to the unit Hertz, I think kcs (kilo cycles per second) far more=20
intuitive.

To cap it all they also have mixed their units in the news report,=20
reporting speed in metric as km/s, and then converting that to MPH for=20
proper measurement. :)

For reference purposes:=20
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/ias/pub-dept/abbreviation.pdf

Of course using the SI unit is correct, but i can't think of anyone outside=
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a scientific environment who wouldn't use mph in the real world when=20
referring to imperial speed measurement.

I'm going to be annoyed for the rest of the day now!

Colin
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