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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 01:52:33 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 33 Message-ID: <mn.b0707e8996a38177.127094@snitoo> References: <slrnvepbvk.tfc.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <1osd2twdtioia.dlg@tomato.potato> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:52:39 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b5acf0462acd75c56ea9de59dd2beaca"; logging-data="2270894"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/VaTPNWbzX9QdAFCtu0xy+irFjSwrRyEU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:4s4a1rZDx0PImtP/wU9VjRFEDQY= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Bytes: 2072 Remember when kami bragged outrageously? That was Sunday: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:12:52 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber > wrote: > >> I'm sorry, I don't know where to post this. I'm crossposting to >> alt.usage.english, because statute miles as a unit mostly afflict >> the English-speaking world. >> >> So you want to convert between miles and kilometers. The conversion >> factor is... uh... A 40-year-old calculator book provides a useful >> tip: Unless you're designing a space probe, you can use ln(5). >> >> WHAT? >> >> Yes, the natural logrithm of 5 approximates the conversion factor >> between miles and kilometers; specifically one mile is about ln(5) >> kilometers. It's accurate to four digits. >> >> If nothing else, it's faster to type on a calculator. >> >> I think that's hysterical. > > > simplest method is to multiply by 0.6 There's no humor in that. -d -- "I'm glad unicorns don't ever need upgrades." "We are as up as it is possible to get graded!" _Phoebe and Her Unicorn_, 2016.05.15