Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:51:29 +0200 Lines: 48 Message-ID: <13ps9mxbd1.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> <1rssawf.13medta3dqxjN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rst2wc.1an9rua12rdxoN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oC7lg9pP6Dib7Hgv4o4FzgX6iMDTIN3eqS1d6olU+InHWHAlDO X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:1G/QV5q0yM4fO7sPte/A5057UqQ= sha256:d9KrUI5XCbCh8lKHCG5lef6C19yB9tFAeXbB/tdVcXA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <1rst2wc.1an9rua12rdxoN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84848 alt.usage.english:1141801 On 2026-03-30 23:27, J. J. Lodder wrote: > Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2026-03-30 18:30, J. J. Lodder wrote: >>> Steve Hayes wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:28:37 +0200, "Carlos E.R." >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2026-03-29 15:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>> On 29/03/2026 11:21, J. J. Lodder wrote: >>>>>>> n reality it is just practical and pragmatic. >>>>>>> There is no point in changing things that are already standard >>>>>>> for almost everybody. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So Europeans still connect their garden hoses >>>>>>> using BSP 1/2" or 3/4" threads, >>>>>> >>>>>> And I still pump my tyres up to 32 psi, not 2 bar >>>>> >>>>> Here in bars. Or Kg/cm?, which is about the same thing, I believe. >>>> >>>> And here in Pascals, or kilopascals or something. >>>> >>>> All I know is that my front tyres are 230 and the back ones 220 >>>> unloaded and 250 fully loaded. >>> >>> Yes, that is in kilopascal, >> >> But it is the same figure in bars. > > I didn't know you were that heavy, in Spain. I suspect there is something I'm missing here, some language boo thing :-) > >> Maybe the decimal point moves. > > That too, 2.5Kg/cm² is 2.45 bares or 245.17 kPa. Almost the same digits (not figures). So I realize now that the pressure indicator in my car dashboard is indeed reading kPa. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;