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May 1st 06, 06:46 PM
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Spotting Traffic
On Mon, 1 May 2006 16:37:27 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in :: You non-Unix/non-Mac users don't know what you're missing: [tomblin@chicago ~]$ units 2084 units, 71 prefixes, 32 nonlinear units You have: 250 knots You want: feet per 6 seconds * 2531.7148 / 0.0003949892 You have: ^D [tomblin@chicago ~]$ 250 knots is 2531.7 feet in 6 seconds. I've been a Unix SysAdm since '84, but your response is too arcane for me. What is that 'bc' or something? 
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