Sean Breheny wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Sean Breheny wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:36 PM, solarwind wrote: >>> Bill Westfield wrote: >>>> (Trying to remember if cm/minute was ever a useful unit for anything.) >>> >>> Speed of a snail... >> >> The ones I've played with can go much faster than that! (I'd estimate >> about 0.5cm/sec or 30 cm/sec) > > The second one SHOULD have said 30 cm/minute. Ah, no... that's 30 furlongs per fortnight. A perfectly useful unit for this. Nobody gets the right feeling with cm/minute. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist