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Just a little FYI
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:12 pm
by Yasmeen
I found a site that does really precise conversions, so for all of you who are wondering...
50 meters = 164.0419948 feet
60 meters = 196.8503937 feet
70 meters = 229.6587927 feet
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:20 pm
by Meadows
Where is the site?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:23 pm
by Yasmeen
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
It seems to have pretty much everything.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:27 pm
by tomdarch
Or 2.54 cm = 1 inch, so 100 cm in inches is (100/2.54) = 39.37 inches or 3.281 feet. So, for instance, 60 m is (60 * 3.281) = 196.86 feet. Pretty close! (Also, a new rope that is listed as "60 m" should be a little longer than that, because as ropes take falls, they get a little shorter.)
Now for celsius to fahrenheit conversion you take the temperature in fahrenheit, subtract 32, multiply by....
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:28 pm
by lordjim_2001
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:49 pm
by Guest
you people have far too much time on your hands.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:36 pm
by Crankmas
.03937" pr mm, right? 10.5mm = .4133" wow how far was that last piece,
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:38 pm
by tomdarch
It's a bit of an issue for me. As an architect, my life would be much, mich more simple if we used metric here in the US. (Not to mention the fact that it would save us all a lot of money by eliminating a lot of mistakes that come from the "base 10 feet - base 12 inches - base 2 fractions" hassle. Grrrr!!!)
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:43 pm
by spuzo
I've always said, thru all the effort to teach kids in school the metric system, the only one's in the US that get it, are the drug dealers.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:00 pm
by Spragwa
spuzo wrote:I've always said, thru all the effort to teach kids in school the metric system, the only one's in the US that get it, are the drug dealers.
OMG, that makes me so happy. I can't explain why...it just does.