>
 >JD> It also stands for What, where when, who, and another w word I cant
 >JD> think of at the moment.  W5 was the name of a TV news program here
 >
 >RW> In that case, it probably meant Weather. But the W5 (should be
 >RW> power of 5 but it isn't easy to do in a text based message system)
 >RW> is also a well known notation for a correctly solved mathmatical
 >RW> formula.
 >
 > the 5 w's stem from good reporting practises...
 >
 >   Who
 >   What
 >   Why
 >   Where
 >   When
 >
 > answer all 5 and you've provided all the info there is...


      And W5 was (maybe still is), a CTV news magazine, along the lines of
Dateline and 20/20.





                       .....Bob

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