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 07:05:30 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 10:05:30 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 1995-02-01T10:05:30-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC Michael Feldman Writes: > >PS - in undergraduate engineering school, we used to kid around, both >students and professors, by expressing velocities in furlongs/fortnight. > I believe there was a Murphy's Law which clearly stated: "All measurements will invariably be expressed in the least usable units. i.e. Velocity will be expressed in Furlongs/Fortnight." Anectdotal evidence tends to indicate that this law holds up well. BTW: Wasn't there a discussion here a while back in which the participants were attempting to correctly express the speed of light in terms of Furlongs/Fortnight? Or was that somewhere else? (Entering the springtime of my senility again!) Anyway: 186,000 miles/second - It's not just a good idea. It's the law! Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957. ===============================================================================