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From: Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de>
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Subject: Re: Intel Atom:  pros/cons/hazzards?
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
>>Am 22.09.2014 um 19:06 schrieb Don Y:
>>>My point was that we all use an odd collection of units -- even "metrified"
>>>countries -- every day.
>>
>>You may never have been to a truly "metrified" country, then.
>>
>>E.g. here in Germany there's basically no non-metric unit left in
>>practical, much less every-day use.  And it's been like that since about
>>the 1950s, at the least.

(I still occasionally buy bread by the pound, and I believe you can
still buy coal by the hundredweight. Both metric, of course (500g, 50kg).)

>    None of your electronics is 19" rackmount?

That's the same trick they used for floppies: "19-inch rack" is a type
specification, not a size, much like "3-1/2 inch floppy" is a type
specification for a magnetic disc within a 89mm plastic case.

Bicycles are also sold by inch sizes ("a 28-inch bike") intended as type
specifications. An anecdote I heard a while ago was that one bus
operator wrote in their terms and conditions that bikes "up to 20 inch"
are free, meaning children's bikes. Somebody used this to say "by
<insert old obscure definition of inch here>, my bike has just 19,5 inch
wheels, so it's free", and got admitted.


  Stefan