Randall wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] x,y geometry!?' on Thu, Jan 20 at 10:35:
David,
On Thursday 20 January 2005 07:46, david rankin wrote: [...]
--Danny, scoffing at metric measurements added
While I'm sure it was quite a quest, the more timid among us may want to install the "units" package and continute using nice, logical units based on multiples of 4. :)
Shoot Danny,
A perfect example of how punctuation matters. Unless you're advocating attempted homicide, I assume you meant to write "Shoot, Danny,". Proper email quoting helps make sense of things, too. (I'll refrain from any lawyer jokes, as I'm a big supporter of the legal profession.).
I just figured he was telling me to shoot something. I'm not presently armed, but I'll take care of that when I get home. Darned stray dogs - David's got a solution! :)
Check out http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ or http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861976127/026-2574298-5601214.
That's a great book (and a great title).
Why not just use engineering units? A tenth of a foot or a tenth of an inch works just fine. Heck, you get the best of both worlds.....
In my engineering physics classes, the professor would include exam problems in both imperial and metric units. I converted all the imperial problems to metric, solved them and converted the answers back to imperial.
Did you ever work for NASA? ;) --Danny, contributing nothing