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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:51:02 +1000
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On 20/09/24 19:46, occam wrote:
> On 20/09/2024 10:54, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
>> occam wrote:
>>
>>> You do use Google search?  Try typing '1 mile = ? kilometers' in
>>> the google search bar.  Answer = 1.60934.
>>
>> You don't even need the "? kilometers".
>
> Yes you do, unless you want to choose one of: 1760 yards/1.60934
> kms/320 rods/1.70108e-13 light-years  etc.  There is more to a mile
> than kilometers.

Yes, but Google doesn't give you those unless you ask for them. It
assumes that you want kilometres.

But maybe it's country-dependent, because it didn't even give me the
American spelling. Perhaps in the UK the default is set to rods, poles,
or perches.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW