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fwip
3000 days ago
23 nanometers off, dang. If they'd only had a slightly wider field of view, they could have found those poor people. :(
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bjt2n3904
3000 days ago
Perhaps a little poor taste with the tone, but this is a great point. We're all talking about how poorly we handle units. Nm has two meanings, but I didn't even think about it until this comment.
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jzwinck
2999 days ago
Nm is Newton meters. You're looking for NM (Nautical Miles). Common mistake.
Similarly, kt means knots as in speed, but the very same kt also means kilotonnes as in dynamite.
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fwip
2999 days ago
Good point; I should have been more careful with my wording.
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AceJohnny2
3000 days ago
Nautical Miles
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