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Re: GNU

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: GNU
Date 2026-04-01 14:52 +0200
Message-ID <g0hv9mx2kp.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References (18 earlier) <1rssawf.13medta3dqxjN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <m91r9mxslt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1rst2wc.1an9rua12rdxoN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <13ps9mxbd1.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1rsuv4f.1ty7tyvayco2jN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>

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On 2026-03-31 23:44, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-03-30 23:27, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-03-30 18:30, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>>> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:28:37 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
>>>>>> <robin_listas@es.invalid> 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 :-)
> 
> Physics joke, sorry.
> Equality of the pressure units requires g = 10 m/s^2.

Ah! Yes.

> 
>>>> Maybe the decimal point moves.
>>>
>>> That too,
>>
>> 2.5Kg/cm? 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.
> 
> The plural of bar is bars,

I was thinking in Spanish ;-)

> 
> Jan
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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