Caution- the basic assumption is that all of these marks were measured metrically, and tables or software tools like this 'converter' serve to convert to imperial using standard procedures and assumptions. It is not directly reversable mathematically, if all you have is an imperial mark which has ALREADY been converted, rounded down, etc. Probably half the time you'd come out with a mark that is slightly shorter than the original metric mark. However, if all you're looking for is a 'ballpark' number, it would work, assuming you can successfully reverse engineer the formula. (oops...is "ballpark" a commonly used descriptive term outside the U.S.?...maybe not...it means about the same thing as "approximate" or "rough order of magnitude")
RT On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 03:33:55 +0200, you wrote: >Hallo all. >Randy: thanks for looking this up! > >My problem is: I am not metrically challenged, but 'imperially'... >With my college mathematics background I was convinced I should be able >to reverse >the formula used, but it proved a bit too much work in the first try >(especially >the 'rounding' rules). Can anybody (or has anyboady already) invert(ed) >it for me? > >Thanks! >Wilmar > > >Randy Treadway schreef: > >> I've switched computers in the last few months and can't find the original >> Rand-o-Meter, as Tony labeled it, ....BUT.... >> >> I found it in the uoregon archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu/msg01896/metric1.xls >> >> The usual caveats apply. Don't use it to convert anything that is going to be >> published as 'official' results- the stat guys will have conniptions. >> But feel free to use it when looking at metric marks and wondering 'how far >> was that in feet and inches?', when a T&FN >> green/red/blue/purple/chartreuse/orange or whatever color book is not at hand. >> (i.e. when I'm at the office monitoring the Friday IAAF GP super meet results, >> and my T*FN book is at home) >> >> By the way, my new computer runs on Windows 2000, >> and when I clicked on this Excel file url it ran >> right in the Internet Explorer window- something >> that might be very handy. All I have to do is >> bookmark the location (at least as long as the >> archive is there). Your mileage may differ. >> >> Randy >> >> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:44:19 -0500 Lee Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > Of course, don't forget that the conversions >> > for vertical jumps and >> > horizontal jumps/throws are slightly different, >> > if you're using it >> > for track conversions. >> > >> > Lee >> > >> > >Netters, >> > >A few years back somebody posted a metric >> > conversion >> > >program that ran on Excel to the list. In >> > switching >> > >jobs etc. I have managed to lose that program >> > and I'm >> > >wondering if anyone could email to me directly >> > since >> > >it is not permisable to post an attachment to >> > the >> > >list. I thought it was Randy Treadway's >> > Rand-O-Meter, >> > >but I might be mistaken. Thanks for all the >> > help. >> > > >> > >ps >> > >am enjoying the thread on the media >> > particularly with >> > >all the points of view from Garry, Lee etc. >> > > >> > >===== >> > >Keith Whitman >> > >Head Coach, Men's and Women's >> > >Cross Country/Track & Field >> > >Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio 43762 >> > >(740) 826-8018-Office >> > >(330) 677-4631-Home >> > >(740) 826-8300-Fax >> > > >> > >__________________________________________________ >> > >Do You Yahoo!? >> > >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >> > >http://finance.yahoo.com >> > >> > -- >> > Lee Nichols >> > Assistant News Editor >> > The Austin Chronicle >> > 512/454-5766, ext. 138 >> > fax 512/458-6910 >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >
