2012/6/16 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > On 16 June 2012 18:48, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: >>>>I suspect real estate was also to be a holdout, hell, nobody around here >> has a clue what a hectar is, not even me.<< >> >> I think that Hectars are english also, as well as fathoms, etc. > > No, the Hectare is metric. > > An Are is an area 1km x 1km. A Hectare is 1/100 of that. So, a hectare > is the area of a square 100m on a side. > (1 million square metres to the Are, 10,000m^2 to the hectare.)
1/100 is centi - centimeter is 1/100 of meter. Hectolitre is 100 litres, so I guess hectare is 100 ares, which means that 1 is area of 10x10 m. -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
