Re: Metric vs. English units

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From: Alastair Mayer
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1987 15:35

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In article <729@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP writes:
>> I can understand that, especially since there are 2.45 centimeters
>> (254 mm) to the inch!

>Big inches and centimeters, there. last I checked that was 24.5, not
>245 (or 254).

  AARRGGHH!!  Enough already.  Don't any of you guys have units(1)
 on your systems?

      you have: 1 inch
      you want: cm
          * 2.540000e+00 

 For millimeters its 25.4 to the inch.

 And a teaspoon is a bit more than 1.5 barn megaparsecs... :-)

>-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter
>--                 'U`      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not seismo!soma (blush)


-- 
 Alastair JW Mayer     BIX: al
                      UUCP: ...!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!geovision!alastair

 "What we really need is a good 5-cent/gram launch vehicle."

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From: alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer)
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Subject: Re: Metric vs. English units
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Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 11:35:58 EDT
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