Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:49:21 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <20000316234921.E248@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>; from brett@peloton.runet.edu on Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:18:07PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161207140.31654-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:18:07PM -0500, Brett Taylor wrote: > 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. > IOW there's pounds and pounds-force (or poundals). > (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 -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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