On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:40:15 -0500, Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>rbt wrote: >> Alex Martelli wrote: >> >>>I don't think there was any official announcement, but it's true -- he >>>sits about 15 meters away from me;-). >> >> For Americans: 15 meters is roughly 50 feet. > >Google can do that too, of course. <wink> > >http://www.google.com/search?q=convert+15+meters+to+feet > >(49.2125984 feet to be more precise) > Actually that looks like it's based on the approximation of 25.4 mm/inch, whereas I believe the legally defined US conversion is 39.3700 inches/meter. They're close. British is 39.3701 for some reason. At least according to my dusty 37th Edition Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (c) 1955. Maybe things have changed since then ;-) >>> 15e3/25.4/12 49.212598425196852 Appears to be the google number But the official conversion >>> 1000/39.37 25.400050800101603 is not _exactly_ 25.4 mm/inch so the distance from Martellibot to BDFL should more exactly be >>> 15*39.37/12 49.212499999999999 Send bug report to google ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
