Interesting article about tesseracts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract
So, these can be meausred in square hectares?
Ezra
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From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ezra:
>
> I think you must be thinking of tesseracts (regular octochorons for those of
> you who might not know). =[{;o)>
>
> Bill
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> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 15:58
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:41098] RE: Square hectares
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> Hmmm, so, like in hyperspace, right? ;-)
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> From: James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Well, a hectare is 100 square meters. So 200 square hectares would
> > then be 20 000 square square meters.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Martin Vlietstra wrote:
> > > Is the term "square hectare" really redundant? Surely a piece of
> > > land that is 100 m by 100 m can be descried as a "square hectare"?
> > > After all, it is a square.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of James Frysinger
> > > Sent: 14 June 2008 16:27
> > > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > > Subject: [USMA:41089] Square hectares
> > >
> > > The June 06 issue of Science contains a fascinating series of
> > > articles written by Andrew Lawler on the Indus people. I spotted a
> > > glitch in the first one that stimulated the following note to the
> > > author, with copy to the editors at Science.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Dear Mr. Lawler,
> > >
> > > I am reading your fascinating article, "Boring no More", on the
> > > Indus people and I have just come across a jarring phrase. You speak
> > > of the Mohenjo Daro covering "at least 200 square hectares". "Square
> hectares"
> > > is redundant, as would be "cubic liters". The former is a unit of
> > > area and the latter a unit of volume.
> > >
> > > Certainly this must have been just a "slip of the pen". I am rather
> > > amazed that a technical editor at Science did not catch this error.
> > >
> > > Otherwise, thank you very much for your fascinating articles in this
> > > series. I look forward to learning more about these ancient people
> > > and their civilization as I read your articles.
> > >
> >
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