On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 13:58 -0700, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote: > On 8/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "centimil" and "centithou" both mix imperial and metric units and are thus > > quite illogical. Any other ideas on what I should be calling these things? > > > > Phil Taylor > > The very concept of a "mil" is itself a mixture of metric and imperial > units -- 1 mil = 0.001 inches = 1 milli-inch. > > Since the concept of a mil "metricizes" the imperial unit of an inch, > there is no disgrace in using metric prefixes in front of it. I > rather like the idea of defining a foot as 12 kilomils. ;D > > I just wish the industry at large would just drop imperial units > all-together, and adopt SI units once and for all. But, that won't > happen until long after I die. :) > > -- > Samuel A. Falvo II
Is that better the the horrendous DIN14159 metrification of 0.1" grid? Can anybody draw up a 100x160 Eurocard & know where the grid is supposed to be without pulling out a spec or "trial by fudge"? I had DOS Protel templates ~15 yrs ago but lost all when a HDD decided to lapp the heads. -- Greg Cunningham -- Greg Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
