2001-05-04
1.) A couple of Imperial only people: Boeing Corporation, the Unites States
Military (even though some gun sizes are measured in metric, they have
imperial equivalents commonly used),
How metric is the military compared to FFU? Does anyone know?
2.) NASA (they claim to be metric, but everything is designed and built in
imperial, and flight plans are also being converted back to imperial).
What does he mean by flight plans are being converted back? Is any part of
NASA reverting?
3.) Also of interest, Intel Corporation, who I'm sure you've all heard of,
is more imperial than is commonly known. The press loves to mention 0.18
micron and 300 mm wafers, but Intel itself uses "mils," or 1,000 of an inch,
far more commonly than any metric measurements.
If Intel and others used FFU, why would the trade journals convert to SI? A
few years back on this list server, someone mentioned processing a 200 mm
wafer. And stated it was 200 mm and not 8 inch. Who was that and can
anyone verify what system these companies use internally?
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
