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(...) Ah, well, in that case, we usually say that a car has gone 45'000, say, to indicate that it has 45'000 km on the speedometer. Fredrik (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) No. You can get much better operating systems for free. (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The install, assuming all the hardware plays nice together, should be fairly painless-- Win98 understands hard disks up to at least 100 gig with no problem as long as the hardware underneath does. On the other hand, migrating software to the (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It is probably a non-official measure, then. It is common in the Scandinavian countries. Personally, I think that litres of petrol consumption per 10 km is a bad measure, as it always amounts to point something with modern cars. It would have (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) In Aus, a common way to say it is "my car has 83000 Ks[1] on it". Officially, engine economy is measured in litres per 100km. Because that's way too long to say, most people don't bother trying - it generally only comes up when you're buying a (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) um... yes and no. my question was more so aimed at straight distance like "the mileage on my car's odometer is 52000 miles (or ~83686 km). But either meaning should work. :) -c (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Thanks for the info. So in the last example is used in the context of frequent flier miles? (...) well, as a scientist i'm well informed of the inherent goodness and usability of the metric system-- I use it more frequently than the imperial (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi all, At a recent computer show, I bought a new full-version cd of Windows 98 Second Edition for $100 + tax (8.25%). Did I get a good deal? Also, I had bought an ECS motherboard and CPU combo from Fry's last Christmas It's a K7S5A sporting an AMD (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, here's a tough one... In Portugal we use the word "quilometragem" (or "kilometrage", if you prefer), when referring to cars and trains; for ships and aircrafts the use of the Imperial Measures is standard, so the word "Mileage" applies. (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ??? Are you sure about this? I never heard about metric miles - AFAIK, the biggest metric measure is the km; but I may be wrong... Or is this a "non-official" measure? ;-) Pedro (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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