Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Jeffrey Walton Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Mass storage sizes Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 01:40:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: "mick.crane" X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sat Jan 11 00:30:56 2025 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.199 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxwExAlXBvbApJim3fVdagSZvFJijLsDmXDRfiEsyyEtexC19lM SFsBRBXiZkTccXMslTg1iweru/OoqIddrpA58aHjSLDP3gVatjfKmvZEokVrJUGL9wctphC14Z+ K454d6Tax+qmL7nG8b2ABP0MJkTXbUlwP X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctsk0bgG3wc5pysck3Fj3HHy9igTXnfzqg5v104KbXMbKMjFosCvroCdFfmAeB IkBts+pKTuBLglH8GdLYW67WvxlbNUYPFssQ+ X-Google-SMTP-Source: AGHT+IFfBAymNJDjRePKVY076cZgsRvsX5UgCJKwnYzJC2F7/NUeoFMsOztT2mgCqMSEhQLepWZQAI+8xkXczyX5XYM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:12cc:b0:540:1c6e:f046 with SMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-542845b20b0mr3943961e87.36.1736555437580; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:30:37 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: noloader@gmail.com X-Gm-Features: AbW1kvZyGnvWsy5qf0i7vlMJ7QYAnmZTe_520HIpug-7ZPpO2F9lLgJsg_7jsEs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/818838 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAH8yC8mUrOvmFL7Mugm-svvySVCHQMKszg+MfpnZ+Jv_dzX4-w@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 24 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:30:00 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <5c7df8bc-ce42-11ef-9b6a-00163eeb5320@msgid.mathom.us> <87ldvi3f80.fsf@sugarbit.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:276454 On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 5:57=E2=80=AFPM mick.crane w= rote: > > On 2025-01-10 14:39, John Hasler wrote: > > Tomas writes: > >> Past experience shows that we'll live with this for a while (watch > >> the US still on their Imperial measures, > > > > Pedanticism: The US is not and never has been on the Imperial system. > > We use both SI ("metric") and US Customary (the latter predates > > Imperial). > wasn't a defect in the Hubble telescope mirror caused by a > misunderstanding between US/UK what units they were working in? Also see . The plane took off with too little fuel due to a conversion error. The error was introduced using a value converted from pounds/litre instead of kilograms/litre. I also seem to recall Airbus had a problem with engine wiring harnesses due to conversions and rounding errors, but I can't find a reference. Jeff