From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Nov 29 06:59:51 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:59:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NElFe-0003K8-Hl for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:59:50 -0800 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.123]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NElFZ-00030G-6J for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:59:50 -0800 Received: from chausie ([71.75.215.96]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20091129145938227.FOTM8989@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:59:38 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD1D2CAB0 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:59:36 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: Lojban mailling list Subject: [lojban] 5/6% Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:59:32 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911290959.34266.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 16506 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list lo nu pilno lo kramu .e lo gutci peseba'i lo treci'e cu rinka lo nu srera la'u li mufi'uxace'i The context is the Rational Method, a method for computing the amount of runoff in a storm. In the US, customarily, the area is in acres, the rainfall is in inches per hour, and the runoff is in cubic feet per second. This bizarre combination of units happens to be off by less than 1%, to be exact, a ratio of 121/120. Is "mufi'uxace'i" correct? Or is it 83+1/3? Pierre -- lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.