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Until the British Ordnance Survey adopted the metre | Until the British Ordnance Survey adopted the metre | ||
− | they used a foot of 0.304 800 749 1 metres. | + | they used a foot of 0.304 800 749 1 metres. |
: So US Miles, UK Miles, and "International" "Imperial" Miles are all different?[[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.202|172.69.194.202]] 12:10, 1 February 2024 (UTC) | : So US Miles, UK Miles, and "International" "Imperial" Miles are all different?[[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.202|172.69.194.202]] 12:10, 1 February 2024 (UTC) | ||
:: US and UK/Commonwealth "statute miles" are 1609.344 metres (exactly, since 1959). Though based upon shared origin of 5280 (English) feet. That's probably as International as you can get. (5280*610nm is 3.2208mm of difference if you get mixed up.) But it took a while to even get to "roughly that exact". | :: US and UK/Commonwealth "statute miles" are 1609.344 metres (exactly, since 1959). Though based upon shared origin of 5280 (English) feet. That's probably as International as you can get. (5280*610nm is 3.2208mm of difference if you get mixed up.) But it took a while to even get to "roughly that exact". | ||
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I would think 0.016 miles would be close enough for the NIST team to be like "There he is!", :) I love how it looks like they're both on the same lake, what's with "being unusually close compared to what the comic seems to depict", to me it's DEPICTING them pretty close! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC) | I would think 0.016 miles would be close enough for the NIST team to be like "There he is!", :) I love how it looks like they're both on the same lake, what's with "being unusually close compared to what the comic seems to depict", to me it's DEPICTING them pretty close! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC) | ||
− | I know that this is a semantically annoying nit to pick, but the overall theme of the comic is about the difference between the two original measurements, not how much .016 can make in measurements. So why is decimal variance the punchline? | + | I know that this is a semantically annoying nit to pick, but the overall theme of the comic is about the difference between the two original measurements, not how much .016 can make in measurements. So why is decimal variance the punchline? |
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