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From: jimb@ism780
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Subject: Re: scientific prefixes
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Date: Sun, 23-Mar-86 00:29:00 EST
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>> One of my favorite units of measure is the femtoparsec, or about 19
>> miles.  ("I commute .6 femtoparsecs a day....")

> 0.6 femtoparsecs is about 60 feet.  What you're describing is a picoparsec.

I once gave an equine population report with measurments in
fetlocks per furlongs**2.

			-- The Lone Harranguer

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