XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-09-20, occam  wrote:   
      
   > You do use Google search?  Try typing '1 mile = ? kilometers' in the   
   > google search bar.  Answer = 1.60934.   
      
   My point wasn't really to give practical advice on unit conversion--   
   I assume we can all manage--but to laugh at the sheer absurdity of   
   two entirely unrelated numbers working out to approximately the   
   same, purely by chance.   
      
      
   PS: I use Google for currency conversion.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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