QUOTE]Originally posted by Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin':
It doesn't work on Yahoo. 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=400+mph+in+knots [/QUOTE]
Amazingly SADIL I never even mentioned Yahoo
and your link produces using (as I advised) google
400 mph = 347.590497 knots
which seems fair enough to me since a knot is one nautical mile per hour
and a
nautical mile was historically defined as a minute of arc along
a meridian of the Earth which translates to
- 1.150779 mile (statute)
note that that is a non-Napoleonic Imperial mile
as used in the UK to calculate a motor vehicle's fuel consumption expressed as " imperial miles per imperial gallon" (or "mpg" for short)
where "mpg" in this context has absolutely nothing to do with video files
or any so called Motion Picture (Expert) Group member notwithstanding (or notwithlayingdown come to that)
- 2025.372 yard
a mile is or was when I last looked 1760 yards
or if you prefer
- 6076.1155 feet (5280 feet)
Quote:
Originally posted by timetraveler:
Mr.Fowles. I guess I'm just not as with it as I once thought I was. I swear, I think you ought to teach a college level
course on this sort of thing. It also looks like I may have to try & find a copy of Computers For Dummies, or, if such a
manual exists, The Internet For Dummies, because, to be honest, I still don't get it. 
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OK apropos SADIL's comment above TT a simple google for your desired volume produced this link amongst many others
(one of about 140,000 )
http://net.gurus.com/
And the nominal dummies home page is at:-
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...764589962.html
which provides details of:-
The Internet For Dummies, 10th Edition
and you could buy it at
http://www.atlanticbooks.com/browse/...subCategory1=5
Which site tada tada contains this picture!!
which leads you to
http://www.atlanticbooks.com/browse/...ll.asp?id=5264
Title : THE INTERNET FOR DUMMIES
Author / Editor :JOHN R. LEVINE & OTHER
Publisher :HUNGRY MINDS
ISBN :0764508946
Original Price : $ 21.99
Binding : PB
Year : 2002
Pages : 384
Now TT what exactly is it that I said that you "still don't get"??
If you say so I will try again to help you obtain your college degree in Celcius or Fahrenheit (your choice)
[ March 26, 2007, 13:35: Message edited by: johnfowles ]