[MUD-Dev] Metric vs. English System of Measurement in Games

olag at ifi.uio.no olag at ifi.uio.no
Fri Jan 14 12:49:40 CET 2005


Zach Collins:

> Allow me to convert this into what my American mind thinks you've
> written:

> (3) - (0.5*20) + (5*20) = "three less a half-score, and five score"

:-)

Well, it is an old fashioned way to count. So it should be more
like: "three pluss half-five score", where half-five means the half
before five (4.5).

I should probably have written:

3 + ((-0.5+5)*20)

Ola.
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