Peter Blodow wrote: > By the way, how come that in this mailing list everybody speaks in > inches - you were writing about the metric revolution? > Well, in the US, the metric revolution came and went. Certain industries (aircraft manufacturing and auto manufacturing) have gone totally metric, but must other stuff has not. We had traffic signs in km and km/h for a while, but then they all got pulled out and we went back to miles and MPH. They are only somewhat teaching our kids the metric system, at least until high school chemistry and physics classes.
Even our Chinese-liaison PCB manufacturer wants the design files in inch units, they then convert to mm before sending the designs to China for manufacturing. When my boss designs some scientific apparatus in mm and hands the drawing to our shop, they dutifully convert the whole drawing to inches before making the parts. Thanks goodness the local hardware store has a rack of boxes of metric fasteners, so when I need something I can get them. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
