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From: jeffg@tekcbi.UUCP (Jeff Glover)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: scientific prefixes
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 16:17:29 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 16:17:29 1986
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In article <143@atari.UUcp> dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) writes:
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>One of my favorite units of measure is the femtoparsec, or about 19
>miles.  ("I commute .6 femtoparsecs a day....")
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>-Landon

According to my handy/dandy 'units' program that came with 4.2bsd,
1 femtoparsec = 0.01917351 miles.  Your commute would then be
0.0150411 miles, or 60.74168 feet.  Kinda short, methinks.
--
Jeff C. Glover, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 02-305, Beaverton, OR 97077
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