Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:15:05 -0800 (PST) | From | "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. |
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> YM "minute" HTH.
you're right... I did mean minute ;P
> FWIW, from the units database: > > nauticalmile 1852 m # Supposed to be one minute of latitude at > # the equator. That value is about 1855 m. > # Early estimates of the earth's > circumference > # were a bit off. The value of 1852 m was > # made the international standard in 1929. > # The US did not accept this value until > # 1954. The UK switched in 1970.
true, it is off, but for all intents and purposes 1852 is close enough :)
Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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