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Re: Travel Destination: Holland [message #58400 is a reply to message #58275] Mon, 28 January 2008 11:50 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Paul Van Delst[1] is currently offline  Paul Van Delst[1]
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ben.bighair wrote:
> On Jan 25, 7:23 am, Maarten <maarten.sn...@knmi.nl> wrote:
>> On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> You only covered two...but there are three choices.
>>> -5K: clearly impossible
>>> -5C: not too impressive
>>> -5F: == -20C. That deserves at least a raised eyebrow, surely?
>> A raised eyebrow, certainly: what is that 'F' unit you keep referring
>> too?
>
> It is the Fanning unit for the pithy-reply as I from my early IDL
> class. I can't remember if it uses an inverted scale or not.

Maybe it's a monetary unit? David can tell his wife: "All the (IDL) advice I have given
out over the past few weeks has netted me 100 Fannings! Awesome!"

If everyone that received help recently donated $10, would that affect the USD/Fanning
exchange rate? :o)

cheers,

paulv
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