From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19812cdb56d31fbd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-01 12:01:34 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hplextra!news.dtc.hp.com!col.hp.com!jimr From: jimr@col.hp.com (Jim Rogers) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 1 Feb 1995 20:01:34 GMT Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Message-ID: <3gopau$dd1@nonews.col.hp.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsqe4.col.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-02-01T20:01:34+00:00 List-Id: According to the "units" program on my workstation 186000 miles / second is 1.799885e+12 Furlongs / Fortnight. Notice that "units" has absolutely no concept of significant figures (especially at that speed). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Jim Rogers | Dead Reckoning: | | Hewlett-Packard Company | Traditional form of rough-estimate | | Colorado Springs Division | navigation used for hundreds of years by | | | sailors, almost all of whom are dead. | | jimr@col.hp.com | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------