Trevor Wilson wrote on 8/31/2017 11:07 PM:
On 1/09/2017 11:29 AM, rickman wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote on 8/31/2017 4:28 PM:
On 1/09/2017 4:59 AM, Robert Roland wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:00:46 -0400, wrote:

If we were using a metric system at that time, would they still be
called 45 rpm, or would there be some metric numbers used instead?

The metric part of the world also measures time in oddball units.

**Huh? You mean 'seconds'? Oddball?

BTW: The "metric part of the world" is 95% of the world. A pitifully
insignificant 5% holds out against the inevitable.

You talkin' 'bout US?


**Yup. Just a few weeks back, I had to work on a US built product. Damned
thing had two different types of Allen bolts in it (Whitworth and SAE). None
of my usual Imperial Allen keys would fit it. I had to grind an old key down
to fit. I NEVER have such issues with products using Metric Allen bolts.
And, let's not get started with those insane fractional sizes, for screws,
drills and all the other stuff. Metris stuff is so much easier. 1mm, 1.5mm,
2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm and so on. It just makes sense.

What are you talking about Whitworth??? Nobody uses Whitworth in the US.
That's a British thing.

Actually it's a bit funny that you are bringing up the fractions. The sizes
you mention are only convenient because of chance. Metric sizes are often
very inconvenient. Feet and inches are very handy for most things we deal
with because they were invented with convenience in mind. Metric is great
when you are working with the numbers, but often the actual sizes are much
less than convenient. Six foot skis are very convenient, but 180 cm are not
so much. Another example, PCB traces are still measured in thousandths of
an inch even when working with metric sized boards because the numbers are
much more convenient, i.e. 6/6 vs. 0.1524 mm.

Yeah, I'm for converting, but it's not about convenience of units, it's
about being able to do calculations more easily.

Hell, the metric stuff has mucked up measuring devices even when they aren't
metric. I've never seen a tape measure with binary based fractions written
in decimal numbers until now. That is the most useless thing yet!


I guess you can thank your brain-damaged Prez (at the time - Reagan) for
that stupidity. Come to think of it, you have another brain-damaged Prez
running the show again. What gives with you guys? You seem to vote for
people with the intellect of a 10 year old every now and again.

Seems to me electing bad leaders is not unique to the US. Which country are
you from? Never had any bad leaders, huh?

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Rick C

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on the centerline of totality since 1998