On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:30:47PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > But there is! Firstly, if you cut a piece of A4 paper into two halves, > each has the same proportions as A4. Secondly, a piece of An paper has > area 1/2**n of a square metre. Standard photocopier paper weighs 80 > grams a square metre, so a piece of A4 weights 5 g, and airmail > postage rates go in steps of 5 g or 10 g ... > > Of course, it's not really 210x297mm; it's more like 210.224x297.302mm.
These are just novelties to most people; I don't remember the last time I made a photocopy, and when I do, I don't mind that it doesn't scale perfectly. It's probably very useful for some people, but not most, and it's the majority that'll keep everyone from switching. -- Glenn Maynard -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
