Howard Brazee wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> For day to day use, I still revel in inches, feet, yards, chains,
>> furlongs, miles, ounces, pounds, stones, tons - and degrees
>> Fahrenheit.
>
> What do you do in chains? I once had a high school physics class
> calculate the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight. But that
> was to learn the process of conversion. In real life, I rarely
> have any need to convert units.
I keep track of gasoline (petrol) mileage in acres. :-)
--
Read about the Sony stealthware that is a security leak, phones
home, and is generally illegal in most parts of the world. Also
the apparent connivance of the various security software firms.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/11/sonys_drm_rootk.html
Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 16:17:17 CST
