Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:07:52 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@bigfoot.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <20000316180752.A235@parish> In-Reply-To: <200003152321.PAA31496@ocis.ocis.net>; from fcash@bigfoot.com on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 03:21:05PM -0800 References: <20000315214713.H244@parish> <200003152321.PAA31496@ocis.ocis.net>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 03:21:05PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote:
> <SNIP>
>
> > 8 nickels = 2 paradigms
>
> The rest are very useful, but isn't this supposed to be:
> 4 nickels = 2 paradigms ??
>
Yes, I wondered about that. I guessed that there was some joke/pun
about para-dime that I didn't get. Come to think of it, it may just be
raging inflation.
One thing I did spot after posting is that
1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
which should of course be 1 million million microphones.
1 million microphones = 1 phone.....etc.
> I swear my slide rule says so. Let me fish it out...
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Freddie
> fcash@bigfoot.com
>
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