Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-06 Thread Bill Rising
Hi all, My favorite acre computation is to figure out the amount of runoff from a rainstorm. Converting inch-acres to gallons without paper and pencil is a good way to make a long drive short. Bill ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting w

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 6, at 9:50 AM, Neal Hammon wondered: Where is Marquette County? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority,

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-06 Thread Neal Hammon
Very interesting. Where is Marquette County? How about getting Jefferson County to convert all their surveys to feet. Neal PS: Didn't you ever run into any 3:4:5 triangles? On Jan 46, 1120092007, at 8:35 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jan 5, at 4:06 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > Lee, you are certainly co

Re: [MacGroup] metric and fractions

2009-01-06 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 5, at 4:06 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: Lee, you are certainly correct, but I can see you have never done any surveying. No survey that I ever heard about had a boundary using yards. If you check the Kentucky Department of State, you will find that the first 30,000 surveys made in Kentucky