The A sizes ARE metric. A0 is one square meter, and the ratio between
short edge and long edge of all A formats is 1 : sqrt(2) (1 : 1.41..,
the "Golden Cut"). A1 is half the area of A0 (0.5 square meter, 2 A1
sheets put together at their long edges give A0), A2 is half A1, A3 half
A2, ... So A4 is 1 / 2**4 = 0.0625 square meters = 0.210 m * 0.297 m and
0.297 m / 0.210 m = sqrt(2).
Till
avblokland wrote:
> Op zaterdag 16 maart 2002 00:39, schreef u:
>
>>On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 11:32, Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote:
>>
>>>It seems like this setting is wrong, it should be en_US.
>>>Generally people speaking english use A�, like in Great Britain,
>>>Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and possibly other places too.
>>>
>>Isn't this a pain in the ass? I'm sick to death of dealing with the
>>archaic measuring system we have because our @#$@!! government boneheads
>>won't just stick us on Metric once and for all.
>>
>>Nooooooooo, we've got to have different measurements than the rest of
>>the planet for length, weight, volume, speed, size, and what-have-you.
>>
>>Ask NASA what this is like. (Think Mars missions gone wrong)
>>
>
> The A sizes aren't metric AFAIK
>
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