On Saturday, June 16, 2012 06:46:59 PM andy pugh did opine: > 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.)
I hope you aren't having a snap quiz on this tomorrow. Cause I likely won't remember it even that long. :( Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job? A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
