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12-27-2013, 11:56 AM
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Handy Software Tool
Converts about anything to just about anything else...
http://www.accelware.com/Unit_Conver...ool/index.html
Useful for your next pot luck recipe, antenna project or fussion reactor.
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12-27-2013, 02:39 PM
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Carl, nn5i
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Here's how to convert feet to meters.
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12-27-2013, 04:14 PM
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Calculator function in Win 7 has a pretty good one built in.
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12-27-2013, 05:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N3LYT
Calculator function in Win 7 has a pretty good one built in.
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But can it convert fortnights to parsecs?
Or lightyears to nanometers?
pennyweights to metric tonnes?
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12-27-2013, 05:57 PM
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Carl, nn5i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Radio
But can it convert fortnights to parsecs?
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That's hard to do, since fortnights are a measure of time (two weeks) and parsecs are a measure of distance (about 30.9 trillion kilometers, or 3.26 light-years).
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12-28-2013, 06:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NN5I
That's hard to do, since fortnights are a measure of time (two weeks) and parsecs are a measure of distance (about 30.9 trillion kilometers, or 3.26 light-years).
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Ha, light years! Got ya.
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12-29-2013, 08:57 AM
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Carl, nn5i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N3LYT
Ha, light years! Got ya.
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Are they different from heavy years?
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12-30-2013, 07:21 AM
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Yeah sort of like drinking a lite beer after a heavy meal.
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