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bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
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RE: Strange divisions/ graduation of steel tape, about 14.8 per major division

The only references Google finds for me that seem relevant say that in 1963 someone tried to define a nautical foot as 1/6000 of a nautical mile, but ...

6 years ago
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RE: Monolith Back

We've seen pictures in Utah, California, and Romania.?ÿ Now there are reports of similar objects in the Netherlands, Isle of Wight, and a rumor of one...

6 years ago
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RE: Monolith Back

Finding north on Mars - a sundial

6 years ago
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RE: Strange divisions/ graduation of steel tape, about 14.8 per major division

That's a close correspondence, but a) why would anyone put the numbers on a tape?ÿ with units of 1/5 of the "standard" unit And b) that's anachronist...

6 years ago
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RE: Strange divisions/ graduation of steel tape, about 14.8 per major division

If it doesn't matter what the divisions are, I doubt anyone would go to the trouble of setting up an unusual spacing rather than using feet or meters....

6 years ago
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RE: Strange divisions/ graduation of steel tape, about 14.8 per major division

And how does that work??ÿ If stretched along a slope of one particular angle, it could read horizontal feet, but is that useful??ÿ?ÿ And it would be ...

6 years ago
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RE: Strange divisions/ graduation of steel tape, about 14.8 per major division

We're missing some information the seller could have supplied.?ÿ Is there one major division with minor divisions? If so, how many small ones? Is it a...

6 years ago
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RE: Boundaries from a lawyers perspective

Most of the article sounds ok. But I don't like this What are boundaries or property lines? Essentially, these are the lines on a countyƒ??s tax map...

6 years ago
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RE: An interesting upgrade dilemma

Not that I know anything relevant, but I'm surprised a big data center can't just keep on adding disk space as needed.

6 years ago
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RE: Drafting Music

I'm surprised I had never heard of the group or Jenny. Very skilled fiddler and not bound to a particular musical culture. In another video she plays ...

6 years ago
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RE: Calculation of geographical coordinates of the destination

My reference for the formulas was CRC Standard Mathematical Tables. My H.S. trig teacher in 1968 recommended that college-bound students buy it from ...

6 years ago
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RE: Leica RH16 - lost connection

A knife sounds too aggressive. If the contacts are visibly discolored, I'd try a red pencil eraser or a piece of one followed by the alcohol, and then...

6 years ago
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RE: Drafting Music

Santa was the father of both?

6 years ago
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RE: Monolith Back

A nice discussion explaining that Mars doesn't have an easily visible and close to north or south pole star. Polaris is far off due to the different a...

6 years ago
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