On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Pat Naughtin wrote: > > Next time I'm in a television or computer store and the attendant > describes a screen as 21 inch, I will respectfully enquire whether > they are international inches, survey inches, television inches (the > short ones), or metric inches. The more confusion the better, say I.
Good idea, Pat. After you baffle the attendant, you might also apply your own measuring tape to the screen, and demonstrate to the attendant the results of your direct measured value of the screen in centimeters (or in millimeters at the risk of being more precise than necessary to make the case for SI). Gene.
