It's starting to remind me of the government engineer's rule of thumb: all computations should be made with the most obscure measurements possible such as "furlongs per fortnight."
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My favorite acre computation is to figure out the amount of runoff > from a rainstorm. Converting inch-acres to gallons without paper and > pencil is a good way to make a long drive short. > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
