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That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/boot
by gnufx 12d ago
That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-online-standards-converter/5248893 https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl...
- frereubu 12d agoIt's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit.
- tantalor 12d agoIt's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch
- gnufx 12d agoI don't think that's relevant for Register units. Clearly there's a standard brontosaurus somewhere, for instance, otherwise how could we have the conversion table? However, sorry, I was wrong about the football pitch, at least as a unit of area, equal to 194.89nWa per the original article: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2007/08/24/so-whats-the-velocity-of-a-sheep-in-a-vacuum/1281396 https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2007/08/24/so-whats-the-...
- tantalor 12d agoYou're not wrong! Personally, I like to use penguin as a measure of height. Everybody knows how big a penguin is, right? It's pretty standard.