Re: Overfootnoting, was Help Constructing Fictional Cross-Religious Movement

Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >http://fuxoft.blogspot.com/2005/05/stisfactry-cnclusin-unlikely.html
<snip>
> The shouted distance from the enemy is given in meters, which
> hadn't been invented.

Well, the explanation is given in metres; one supposes it's possible
(well, you never know) that the original scriptwriter was thinking in
yards....

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