When conversions go wrong
Dec. 2nd, 2006 02:13 pmFrom the BBC:
Edit: The article has now been updated to lose the embarrassment. However, the 39.6m is a rather silly conversion of the 130ft original, adding an unwarranted degree of precision to an originally rather round figure.
The Wollemi Pine can grow up to 130ft (39.6m) high in the wild, with a trunk diameter of more than 3ft (91cm) and can survive temperatures as low as minus 45C (133F).Ah, I suspect that 133F is +45C
Edit: The article has now been updated to lose the embarrassment. However, the 39.6m is a rather silly conversion of the 130ft original, adding an unwarranted degree of precision to an originally rather round figure.