Joe Smith wrote: > Also just rembering the exact conversion factors for > Imperial units can be a problem especially with some of the more obscure > units.
Nope - google knows everything! http://www.google.com/search?hl=email&rls=email&q=100+m%2Fs+in+fathoms+per+fortnight "2 parsecs in smoots" returns 2 Parsecs = 3.62637237 × 10^16 smoots http://www.kottke.org/03/08/fun-with-the-google-calculator If you lack net access at any given moment, then there's a *nix utility named units, which is conveniently already packaged in debian. http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/units Thanks to John Hasler for that one. -- Criggie http://criggie.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
