Spam: Re: [aprssig] Re: Metric [[furlongs per fortnight]]

[Ben Lindner]

Jan

I live in the metric world and I think its much easier than imperial. 
When I went to school here in Australia, I got caught in the changeover 
from imperial to metric and didnt that confuse things when I was just a 
child of about 6 ot 7 years old. I can now work with both, but do prefer 
metric as its all base 10 and much easier.

Ben
VK5JFK

Jan T. Pharo wrote:
> Ben Lindner <vk5jfk at activ8.net.au>, Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:20:53 +0930:
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>> Kilo = 1,000
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> Right. i.e., the unit 1000 times.
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>> Foot = 12 inches
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> Right. Foot is the unit.
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>> 1,000+12 = 1,012
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> that calculation is correct, but it doesn't represent kilofoot.
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> k' is 1000*1' = 1000*12" = 12000" inches
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> (but, see my other message with a little more APRS relevance)
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