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Don't forget - there's also a sugro-nanit, and Sbp did some calculations over in the Cranee Historical Society. We do have two phantoms, nanit and sugro-nanit, and I'm wondering if this entry supersedes them - it seems silly to actually define an "inch" in a lexicon, especially when we've got a global entry like the following. How do players feel about removing those terms as definable phantoms? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 09:44, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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== Chesix System in units.dat format ==
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Add the following to your system's /usr/share/units.dat (must be root):
  
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Also, your comment about "being able to survive without writing" is broken. The Nitenmangrey are from -900 EC, which is far too soon for writing to have developed. Similarly, the originating Nitenmangrey entry, Aquentravalkeration, says that "since documents from that period remain undeciphered". A document presumes writing. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 09:59, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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# Chesix System of Measures
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nanit          20 cm
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sugro-         201168|25
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quiendsrod      1|3657 sugro-nanit
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lunanit        11 kunanit
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kunanit        9 unanit
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unanit          16 nanit
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inanit          1|11 nanit
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kinanit        1|9 inanit
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linanit        1|13 kinanit
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lele            9 lunanits
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gyup            1|1331 wurp waterdensity
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lugyup          1|0.86037 wurp waterdensity
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wurp            nanit^3
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yip            degC
  
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Based on his Talk discussion over on Cranee, Sbp is suggesting that a nanit is 20 cm, which would be the size of a Bindlet Ball (as per the Bindlett Ball entry, making it roughly half a foot). That would make your Rod 340 cm, or 11 feet, which seems like more of a hUuUUGe staff (larger than most normal staffs), as opposed to a single-handed rod. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:05, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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Then the units program will understand Chesix as well as SI (metric), Imperial, and U.S. Customary units.

Latest revision as of 13:03, 25 May 2005

Chesix System in units.dat format

Add the following to your system's /usr/share/units.dat (must be root): 

# Chesix System of Measures

nanit           20 cm
sugro-          201168|25
quiendsrod      1|3657 sugro-nanit
lunanit         11 kunanit
kunanit         9 unanit
unanit          16 nanit
inanit          1|11 nanit
kinanit         1|9 inanit
linanit         1|13 kinanit
lele            9 lunanits
gyup            1|1331 wurp waterdensity
lugyup          1|0.86037 wurp waterdensity
wurp            nanit^3
yip             degC

Then the units program will understand Chesix as well as SI (metric), Imperial, and U.S. Customary units.

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