[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The metric conversion of 0.3048 to feet is precise; it is not a rounded
estimate.
It is actually better than that, it is exact. Now for something that may be
hard for you metrically challenged people to hear: Sit down first. The foot is
actually defined in terms
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once again, folks, all of these calculators and things are completely
worthless if you do not understand how to convert. The Cray 1 will not give
the right conversion without the right "fudge" added in!! Rather than do all
of this work, why not just get a Green
I have been using the simplest of methodologies to convert precisely meters
to feet and inches, with nothing more than a simple pocket calculator. No
spread sheet or computer program is necessary.
The metric conversion of 0.3048 to feet is precise; it is not a rounded
estimate. Enter meters
http://www.planet.net/paheyd/UnitConverter.html
These conversion calculators fail in that they convert to decimal feet only,
which any third-grader can do.
It takes a little patience, but an EXCEL spreadsheet can easily be created
to convert meters in to feet/inches/fractions.
There are easier
