Marcus, >From your persective you are certainly right. SI should not be corrupted. If the 0.25 mm resolution is regarded as a module, rather than a unit, that should never happen. And I would use the use of modules to counter the claims of the ifp-boys that the metric system is too rigid.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-02-07 16:58 Subject: [USMA:18011] Q discussion > My dearest friend, Han, please see my comments below. > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:46:29 > Han Maenen wrote: > >I would not propose a decimal series of paper formats as there is none and it would be impractical in this specific case. It is a fact that A paper sizes divide by progressive halving. > You're right, in this particular case what's happening is a mathematical reality. If one wants to rationalize paper size there just is no way to avoid the inverse of the square root of two "factor" (or the so-called "golden factor") for that purpose. However, the rationality has already been developed into the system by defining that the start of the A series sizes would be a neat 1 square meter! <snip>
