[TowerTalk] conversion inches to metrical

[Steve Hunt]

Roger,

Well said - surely we're not now dependant on the Internet to do 
multiplication for us !!!! I had to check the date to make sure it 
wasn't April 1st.

Converting cm to inches is easy - multiply by 4 and shift the decimal 
point one place left. That'll get you within 1.6% accuracy which is 
adequate from many applications.
If you really must use the computer keyboard, why not use the Windows 
Calculator.

Me - I'll stick to my trusty HP-41 pocket calculator for the ones I 
can't do in my head :)

73,
Steve G3TXQ

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> I'm rarely sarcastic, but is it really necessary for people to have to 
> use google to multiply 16.375 by 2.54  to get the ans in CM or 25.4 to 
> get in in mm? It is straight multiplication.
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