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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Range excluding 0.0
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:58:05 -0400
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In article <14d916mebuseu$.59fjaud14sw7.dlg@40tude.net>,
 "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:46:49 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:34:06 +0200, "Dmitry A. Kazakov"
> > <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> declaimed the following in comp.lang.ada:
> >> 
> >> Still using non-metric units, guys? (:-))
> >>
> > 	You have compasses marked in radians? I'd hate to consider working 
> > out what "bear left 2/3radian from current heading" means... <G>
> 
> I thought these were in rhumbs.
> 
> > 	Grad notation, OTOH, might be usable...
> 
> ... another orbiter loss due to metric mishap? Helps stocking up the
> budget... (:-))

My present velocity, in the solar reference frame, is just under 2.7 
megafurlongs/fortnight. How do I convert left and right to metric when I 
cross the equator, bearing -pi/2? :-)

-- 
John B. Matthews
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