Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:18:07 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161207140.31654-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Hi Jamie, On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Jamie Bowden wrote: > How many people could tell you the english unit of mass? It's the > slug for those who are wondering. Not always - pound is also sometimes used as a english unit of mass. Engineers.... you probably need to know this if you work at Lockheed. (and no I won't explain that reference - go read about various Mars probes from NASA the last few years). :-) Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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