Re: Different Formats for Different Countries -- Variable Density

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>,
David Nebenzahl  <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In the case of printing, I have *never*--not once--been in a situation 
>where it would be advantageous--or even possible--to divide a 
>measurement by 10. Not even if one is printing something 10-up on a 
>sheet does this ever arise. So much for the vaunted advantage of metric 
>measure.

So, if you have a roll of paper, is the length listed in inches? (Is that
called a web-press?)

Are billboards sized in inches?

>Every single shop I've worked in over here, including one I owned, used 
>inches and fractions of inches exclusively. 

How how do you deal with the weight of paper. Is that the weight per
square inch.

>Even carpenters and cabinetmakers, who one would imagine would have more 
>op****tunities to divide a length into equal parts which might 
>conceivably be easier with metric measures, happily, easily and 
>accurately use feet, inches and fractions of inches. Also not likely to 
>change in the forseeable future.

And I guess they also buy their wood in inches?

>> The same thing with the ISO paper series. You always know the name of
the
>> size one bigger or smaller than the one you are currently using. 
>> If you layout for A3, you can just proof on A4. Or print two A4s on an
>> A3 and put a staple in the middle.
>
>Well, we primitives over here have the same thing. For instance, two 
>letter-size sheets (8-1/2 x 11") fit exactly on one tabloid sheet (11 x 
>17"). And remembering a small number of paper sizes doesn't tax one's 
>brain too much.

So what is one bigger than tabloid of one smaller than letter?

>> Fortunately, the US did decide to go metric for the electricity
>> (Volt, Ampere, Watt). 
>
>Well, that's because there's no alternative system for those quantities. 
>Besides, I don't see what's particularly "metric" about any of those 
>measures, apart from the use of decimal multiples and divisions 
>(millivolt, kilowatt, etc.).

Apart from the factor that a watt is one joule per second and a 
joule is one newton meter, and a newton is one kilogram meter per
second squared. And the ampere is specified as two (infinite) parallel
wires
at a distance of one meter with a resulting force of 2e-7 N per meter
wire.

No, it has nothing to do with metric.


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