[time-nuts] Obscure terms

Said Jackson saidjack at aol.com
Fri Aug 21 03:05:14 UTC 2009


Well said!!

The noise floor is way too high today.

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On Aug 20, 2009, at 15:34, "Samuel D. [x86/CPC]" <sam at canardpc.com>  
wrote:

> An off-topic from time to time is great, but a new email every minute
> unrelated with time-nuts is a bit too much, didn't you think ?
>
> Sorry, I don't want to be rude.
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]  
> De la
> part de Brent Gordon
> Envoyé : vendredi 21 août 2009 00:30
> À : Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Objet : Re: [time-nuts] Obscure terms
>
> The amount of land a man and a mule can plow in one day.
> 43560 square feet
> 640 Acres=1 square mile
>
> Jim Palfreyman wrote:
>> Sheez - I'm so glad we have metric!!
>>
>> Can I ask you US dudes a question?
>>
>> Do you know, without looking it up, what an acre is?
>>
>> It's such a commonly used term for measuring large areas, but I bet
>> most don't know what it actually is. I only know because of Pink
>> Floyd.
>>
>> We use a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to visualise, work  
>> with
>> and convert.
>>
>> Jim Palfreyman
>>
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