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Re: Superman, was: Chicago P.D. TV series--computer usage [message #393764 is a reply to message #391457]

Sun, 26 April 2020 06:54

Bernd Felsche
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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2020-03-04, Scott <nobody@example.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 14:30:56 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig
>> <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
>>> Scott <nobody@example.org> schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Metric has its uses, but there's nothing magical about it.
>>>
>>> I remember standing in a chemical plant in the US. The people
>>> had conversion tables for units of volume on a note on the wall.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Well, the tanks they had were rated in cubic foot, and the
>>> pumps were rated in gallons per minute.
>>>
>>> Now, assume you have a 1000 cubic foot tank which you empty with 5
>>> gallons per minute, that gives you how many hours before the tank
>>> is empty?

>> Would it be easier to talk about moving 28,315 liters at 18.9 LPM?

Maybe easier to guesstimate than 25,000 pounds at 4.7 GPM

> Sheesh. Give him 2.54 centimeters and he'll take 1.609 kilometers.

1.609344 km ... except for mariners and aviators
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