Re: OT: Converting miles/km

On 20/09/2024 12:51, Peter Moylan wrote:

On 20/09/24 19:46, occam wrote:

On 20/09/2024 10:54, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

occam wrote:
>

You do use Google search?  Try typing '1 mile = ? kilometers' in
the google search bar.  Answer = 1.60934.

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You don't even need the "? kilometers".

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Yes you do, unless you want to choose one of: 1760 yards/1.60934
kms/320 rods/1.70108e-13 light-years  etc.  There is more to a mile
than kilometers.

 
Yes, but Google doesn't give you those unless you ask for them. It
assumes that you want kilometres.
 
But maybe it's country-dependent, because it didn't even give me the
American spelling. Perhaps in the UK the default is set to rods, poles,
or perches.
 

No, alas, the default choice of Google _is_ kilometers.  But it can be
made to change its mind if enough of us ask for the miles to light-years
conversion.