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to: mark lewis
from: Roy Witt
date: 2006-12-11 10:08:46
subject: Q.E.D. - W5 (was: FidoNews Editor MIA?

09 Dec 06 15:13, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 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.

 ml> the 5 w's stem from good reporting practises...

No. It was a mathmatical notation that I was referring to. Joe mentioned
that there was a TV show by that name.

 ml>   Who
 ml>   What
 ml>   Why
 ml>   Where
 ml>   When

 ml> answer all 5 and you've provided all the info there is...

W to the power of 5...

               R\%/itt




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