geek test

David Hobby hobbyd at newpaltz.edu
Tue May 27 08:34:38 PDT 2008


Charlie Bell wrote:
> On 28/05/2008, at 12:13 AM, David Hobby wrote:
...
>> Hi.  I thought I had invented "furlongs per fortnight".
>> I guess it's natural enough; they're silly units and it
>> alliterates.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_System
> 
> Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight...
...

Charlie--

Thanks, that's interesting.  It's also an example of
how Wikipedia has a lot more material on some topics
than others!

				---David

(gallons)^(1/3) per leap year


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