On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 09:41:19 -0500 "Burns MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the bitstream:
> David spake: > > That would be fine if you stuck to inches all the time but: > > 12 inches = 1 foot > > 3 feet = 1 yard > > ???? yards = 1 mile > > > From my Navy years: > 1760 yards to a nautical mile. A nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude at > the equator. > a 'cable' is 200 yards > a shackle is about 90 feet > a fathom is 6 feet > And you got this information where? [david@tole david]$ units 2112 units, 59 prefixes You have: 1 statutemile You want: yards * 1760.0035 / 0.00056818068 You have: 1 nauticalmile You want: yards * 2025.3718 / 0.0004937365 You have: 1 fathom You want: feet * 6.000012 / 0.16666633 You have: 1 shackle Unknown unit 'shackle'. You have: 1 cable You want: yards * 202.53718 / 0.004937365 Nice program, units. Be careful: nm == nanometers (as in light wavelength, not in nautical miles; there are other gotchas with the program as well -- consult /usr/share/units.dat for all the gory details). Looks like you need to put the definition of shackle into units (or did you just misspell it?). Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto Internet (H323) phone: 206.28.187.30 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users