Names of long numbers
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Re: Names of long numbers
Australian cars give you consumption in litres/100 km. I found it easier to grok by doing a mental mpg conversion on the fly!
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My old Jaguar Sovereign (1993) had a switch on the dash which let me switch between the two systems for the digital readout. The readout could itself be switched between KPH (or MPH in imperial),Km/Litre instant (MPG instant), Km/L Average (MPG average) and Range Km (Range Miles).
As for the numbers I remember that for a long time we Brits resisted the US invasion by calling it a 'financial billion' for 1000 million, which when I come to think of it showed how arrogant our financiers had got, and the rest is, as they say, history.
As for the numbers I remember that for a long time we Brits resisted the US invasion by calling it a 'financial billion' for 1000 million, which when I come to think of it showed how arrogant our financiers had got, and the rest is, as they say, history.
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It would be a good idea for Obama to switch to the continental European numbers. Than he could reduce his national debt from 16,5 Trillion to just 16,5 Billion overnight.
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You need El Reg's online standards converter.
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On the mac we have Widgets. Small programs to do small things. The funny thing about this widgets is that they are written in JavaScript. And that is a language I start to get familiar to.El Viejo wrote:You need El Reg's online standards converter.
Default there is a conversion widget were all the conversions are stored in variables. like:
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var Energy = [
{name:'Btus', toBase:linearForm(1055.05585257348), fromBase:invLinForm(1055.05585257348)},
{name:'Calories', toBase:linearForm(4.1868), fromBase:invLinForm(4.1868)},
{name:'Ergs', toBase:invLinForm(10000000.0), fromBase:linearForm(10000000.0)},
{name:'Foot-Pounds', toBase:linearForm(1.3558179483314004), fromBase:invLinForm(1.3558179483314004)},
{name:'Joules', toBase:linearForm(1.0), fromBase:linearForm(1.0)},
{name:'Kilogram-Calories', toBase:linearForm(4186.8), fromBase:invLinForm(4186.8)},
{name:'Kilogram-Meters', toBase:linearForm(9.80665), fromBase:invLinForm(9.80665)},
{name:'Kilowatt-Hours', toBase:linearForm(3600000.0), fromBase:invLinForm(3600000.0)},
{name:'Newton-Meters', toBase:linearForm(1.0), fromBase:linearForm(1.0)},
{name:'Watt-Hours', toBase:linearForm(3600.0), fromBase:invLinForm(3600.0)}
];
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You bear me to that one Vive la linguine!El Viejo wrote:You need El Reg's online standards converter.
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<chuckles> Those superior units of measurement explained by a boffin.
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Yes but they haven't heard that the Brontosaurus is no more - it's now the Apatosaurus!
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Umm no.. those are not the same.. "England" is one country. "Great Britain" consists of three countries, and part of a fourth.Eric Walch wrote:Only that they talk now about "Great Britain" instead of "England". (Inconsistent name giving because they mean the same)
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No, Great Britain is three countries. The United Kingdom, on the other hand…
And let's not start on Holland, Netherlands or The Netherlands …
And let's not start on Holland, Netherlands or The Netherlands …
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England, Holland, Great Lands, United Brit-Holland, Nether Kingdom - What a mess!
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I guess that's what comes of my not being Irish..Mad Dan Eccles wrote:No, Great Britain is three countries. The United Kingdom, on the other hand…
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It was a lot easier when it was all the British Empire…
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Give it a couple of years, with Scottish and Welsh devolution plans from their nationalists and parliaments the whole mess may clear itself up a bit, or at least degenerate into a different one.
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