And once again, I learn something new from the master Adam.
I'z immediately "yum install units"
I think units(1) might make a good RTFM? Especially going over some of it's esoteric units (i.e. millilightseconds? really?).
Or have we done units and I just can't remember?
=== Bradford C. Vokey
Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group ===
On 2015-04-21 6:53 AM, roundtable-request@muug.mb.ca wrote:
Feeling slightly giddy, I typed into my shell:
$ units 1311 units, 63 prefixes
You have: 3 millilightseconds You want: miles * 558.84719 / 0.0017893979
"500 miles, or a little bit more."
My favourite has always been:
You have: 1 nanoacres You want: mm2 * 4.0468564 / 0.24710538
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Bradford C. Vokey brad@fsi.ca wrote:
And once again, I learn something new from the master Adam.
I'z immediately "yum install units"
I think units(1) might make a good RTFM? Especially going over some of it's esoteric units (i.e. millilightseconds? really?).
Or have we done units and I just can't remember?
=== Bradford C. Vokey
Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group ===
On 2015-04-21 6:53 AM, roundtable-request@muug.mb.ca wrote:
Feeling slightly giddy, I typed into my shell:
$ units 1311 units, 63 prefixes
You have: 3 millilightseconds You want: miles * 558.84719 / 0.0017893979
"500 miles, or a little bit more."
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But can it handle speeds in attoparsecs per microfortnight?
Evidently it can!
You have: 1 attoparsec/microfortnight You want: m/s * 0.025509901 / 39.200466
(i.e. about 1 inch/s).
On a related note, did you know ft/s and km/h are pretty close to the same? (http://what-if.xkcd.com/64/)
You have: 1 km/hour You want: ft/s * 0.91134442 / 1.09728
On 04/21/2015 09:22 AM, Sean Walberg wrote:
My favourite has always been:
You have: 1 nanoacres You want: mm2
- 4.0468564
/ 0.24710538
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Bradford C. Vokey <brad@fsi.ca mailto:brad@fsi.ca> wrote:
And once again, I learn something new from the master Adam. I'z immediately "yum install units" I think units(1) might make a good RTFM? Especially going over some of it's esoteric units (i.e. millilightseconds? really?). Or have we done units and I just can't remember? === Bradford C. Vokey Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group === On 2015-04-21 6:53 AM, roundtable-request@muug.mb.ca <mailto:roundtable-request@muug.mb.ca> wrote:Feeling slightly giddy, I typed into my shell: $ units 1311 units, 63 prefixes You have: 3 millilightseconds You want: miles * 558.84719 / 0.0017893979 "500 miles, or a little bit more."
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