Tag: Cambridge
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Résumé Bait and Switch
New reader “Thomas” sent an email to 12MC concerning an institution of higher learning seemingly out of place geographically. The University of California has a number of affiliated campuses, although none of them are located in Pennsylvania. Yet, oddly there’s a California University of Pennsylvania. As always, there was a twist to the situation as…
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Smoots and Potrzebies (Units of Distance)
Recently I expressed my fascination with the “I’m Feeling Geeky” option on Google Map’s Great Circle distance calculator. It calculated the distance between Juneau, Alaska and the Canadian border easily enough in about fifty different units of measurement, only two of which were remotely useful, kilometers and miles. However, cubits and leagues, chains and double-paces,…