Le Sun, 18 May 2008 18:44:19 +0200, Tor Olav Kristensen a modifié des
petits morceaux de l'univers pour nous faire lire :

> Warp wrote:
> ...
>>   3500 rpm = 3500*60 rph, and in 1 hour it travels 75 miles. Thus
>>   divide
>> 75 miles by 3500*60 revolutions, and you have the amount of miles per
>> one revolution, which would be approximately 0.0003571428 miles.
>> 
>>   Given that I'm not sure which whacky units miles are divided into,
> ...
> 
> 0.0003571428 mile
> = 1 foot + 2 hands + 2.6285678 inches = 22 and 5/8 inch (and something).
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=1+foot+2+hands+2.6285678+inches+in+miles
> http://www.google.com/search?q=%2822+5/8+%29+inches+in+miles
> 
> 1 mile
> = 8 furlongs
[snip] 
> 1 hand
> = 4 inches
> 
> 1 inch
> = 1000 mils

And you did not even talk about time & liquid & weight...
A gallon, a ton or just a fortnight ?

In Montreal or Los angeles... or Sydney!

Metrics rulez!

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