[Lowfer] UWL on

Eric Smith esmithmail at gmail.com
Wed Mar 17 15:34:27 EDT 2010


Thanks, Gary -- I used C=25330.3 / f^2 L  (which I found on the internet, so
it's gotta be right :)

See -- I did this (WRONG):
---------
[eric at gum ~]$ bc -l
bc 1.06

25330.3/(185302^2)*.0069
.00000000509013394280
---------

So I screwed up on order of operations.  When I do it like the below, I get
what everyone else did:

---------
[eric at gum ~]$ bc -l
bc 1.06

185302^2
34336831204
.*.0069
236924135.3076
25330.3/.
.00010691312629299468
---------

(The dot above means "the last answer")

Thanks to you and all for setting me straight!

And to Bill --

> That's not the only error in your ways, Eric :)

I know what you are thinking, Bill, but I just can't get excited about
trying a loop, OR windows (has been since 1993 that I kicked _that_ like a
bad habit :).

But regarding the SVM -- yes, you are right, and I know I can speak for Mike
too when I say that we've been checking the mailbox from time to time for
the last -- what has it been -- 8, 10 years now?  And no sign of one yet
....

:D

Eric KD5UWL / WD2XFX


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