Very important information!

[James R. Van Zandt]

Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> I just came across this very important fact:
>
>   The modern rack unit used in computing, i.e. the U in 1U, is by pure
>   coincidence exactly equal to the vershok, an obsolete Russian
>   measurement of length.
>
>
> Just thought y'all should know ;)

Let's see:
  
    $ units
    2411 units, 71 prefixes, 33 nonlinear units
    
    You have: 1 vershok
    Unknown unit 'vershok'

I'm shocked.  A unit of length it doesn't know about??


         - Jim Van Zandt