[Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison

[WipeOut]

Dave Cotton wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:10, daryl at introspect.net wrote:
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
>>>[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
>>>woody+asterisk at solutionsfirst.com.au
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:39 PM
>>>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison
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>>>>knots per hour
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>>>I'm a land-lubber, but I think knots is a speed unit (like 
>>>Miles Per Hour), so I think you want "knots" here, not "knots 
>>>per hour", if you are talking wind speed.
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>>Then stick to being a land lubber.  Because you're wrong.
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>>A knot is a unit of linear measurement.
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>Perhaps you're both wrong or right :)
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>http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/k/k0092800.html
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At the bottom of the above page..

    */Usage Note: /* In nautical usage /knot/ is a unit of speed, not of
    distance, and has a built-in meaning of "per hour." Therefore, a
    ship would strictly be said to travel at ten knots (not ten knots
    per hour).


..so thats the end of the argument..

Later..