RE: [ihc] WORT for sale - off topic

["Mac McMuffin" <mac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

## >> > First, 50kps = 1860 mph
## >> >
## >> > 50 kph = 31 mph (27 kts)
## >> >
## >> > I wouldn't like it that slow either, same reasons.
## >> > Traveling the country
## >> > at 30mph isn't all that nice for anyone stuck behind
## >> > you...
## >> >
## >> > -Ryan
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## >> Yeah, Yeah,  whats the big difference k per second k
## >> per hour.
## >>
## >> Steve

actually, i believe he was referring to knots.  twenty seven knots.

knot:  A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. 1 knot = 1
n.mile/h = 1.852 km/h.

nautical mile:  a unit of length equal to 1.1508 statute miles

statute mile:  a unit of length equal to 5280 feet

do i really need to go into the metrics too?  i didn't think so.

the really big question on my mind is...  who came up with this statute mile
thing?  i mean, where is this statute written?  who wrote it?  in what
country?  can it be overridden by a statute by somebody else?  can Governor
Swarzenegger pass a California statute that indicates a different distance
for the "statute mile"?  minds with way too much free time on their hands
want to know!

--Mac

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