> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:02:47 -0400 (EDT) > Ted Unangst <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Let's say you have a football field in need of a trimming, but the lawn > > mowers are all broken, but you have an oxen store nearby. Oh, and the big > > match is in an hour. How many oxen do you need? > > > > Normally, you'd use units, but... > > You have: m2/hr > > You want: ox > > unknown unit 'ox' > > > > Easy fix. Working from historical defintion of an acre as the area an ox > > can work in a day, we get: > > > > You have: m2/hr > > You want: ox > > * 0.0059305292 > > / 168.61902 > > > > Tada! Now you know that 6400 m^2 field you have is going to require 38 > > oxen. > > > > Index: units.lib > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /home/tedu/cvs/src/usr.bin/units/units.lib,v > > retrieving revision 1.11 > > diff -u -r1.11 units.lib > > --- units.lib 17 Jul 2002 16:42:12 -0000 1.11 > > +++ units.lib 13 Oct 2010 23:49:55 -0000 > > @@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ > > > > acre 4840 yd2 > > > > +ox acre/day > > + > > cc cm3 > > liter kilocc > > ml milliliter > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:19:31 +0100 Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just what i was looking for, but how many shovels will I need for the > shit? > > > If I get 6400 oxen, maybe they'll have to tread it in. > > Arrgh, I couldn't get the last 100 of the field in time and with my antics they started shitting everywhere. I guess, the moral of the story, Don't cheat or you'll end up covered in shit at some point. XMicrosoftX IBM should have read this in '83 ;-)
