Re: Different Formats for Different Countries -- Variable Density B&W

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Tom Phillips  <nospam777@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I would say it's more precise, but not more natural.
>Listing my height as 1.8292682927 meters instead of
>simply noting I'm 6 feet even seems rather clumsy..

So, you are exactly 6 feet, 1/54.239581" high. Wow, how did measure that?

If it wasn't so sad, it would funny how many people don't understand
significant digits, and make a fool of themselves by holding that against
the metric system.


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