Finally a topic worth discussing! Thank you so much, Terry, for such very opportune post of yours.
Dear European friends, this is YOUR opportunity to be heard! And hear is what I think of it. First of all, there should be a *LEGAL* deterrent developed to PREVENT the use of "weird" sizes, like 227, 28, 29, 454... (you get the picture), simply because: 1) These are crappy imperial sizes in disguise. 2) Such absurd sizes can only confuse consumers 3) Such stupid values are obviously totally irrational for package sizing in a metric world 4) These values are significant natural deterrents to per unit calculations. I'd *STRONGLY* support proposals that would mirror German legislation on this, i.e. that sizes be free but ONLY within the confines of *rational* final values (and what would constitute "rational" is evidently a matter of mathematics, pure and simple!). To my knowledge the German proposal is *extremely* efficient in addressing this aspect. Marcus On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:09:55 metric wrote: >There is an EU online survey and discussion forum about package sizes. >The link below also gives lots of background information. > >http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/prepack/index.htm > > >-- >Terry Simpson >Human Factors Consultant >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.connected-systems.com >Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
