19 Oct
1998
19 Oct
'98
6:41 p.m.
At 05:38 PM 19-10-98 -0400, Megan wrote:
IIRC, the GT40 lunar lander program had comments about measuring
things in furlongs per fortnight. I'll have to check the source...
And of course there's a VMS sysgen parameter whose unit of measurement is
the micro-fortnight. Any VMS systems types out there remember what the
parameter is, and how long a micro-fortnight is :-)
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I used
to know the speed of light in Furlongs per Fortnight.
The attoparsec/microfortnight is remarkably close to the inch/second.
Quite useful for quoting tape speeds :-)