There are large 1/4" audio plugs and small 3/32" audio plugs (the latter
look like the 1/8" [3.5 mm] plugs, just slightly smaller) in common use as
well.
The 1/8" plug is soft-converted to 3.5 mm, I believe, because I used those
plugs for decades before they were ever referred to as 3.5 mm plugs. (This
is the opposite example of the 90 mm diskettes being soft-converted to
3.5".) -- Jason
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From: "m. f. moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:38 AM
Subject: [USMA:36701] RE: Metric problem and solution at work
Haven't I heard the 3.5 mm plug called a 1/8 inch plug? Not that I am
defending that but I can't remember what the 1/8 inch comes from.
m moon
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Received: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:28:49 AM PDT
From: "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36694] RE: Metric problem and solution at work
I've also had many people get mad at us when we hand them 2m or 3m cables
and the foot measurement was right on the package next to the SI one. I'm
so
used to dealing with cable lengths in meters I hardly think in feet.
What's
the best though are the people who want to have our sales guys convert
35mm
lenses and whatnot to some sort of inch equivalent before they feel
comfortable with it.
If you have to have 35mm film and camera lenses converted to inches you
must
have spent much of your life on Mars :).
On 4/30/06, Philip S Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh sorry madam, let me just label that up for you.
Now let me see that's 0.098 inch to a 0.138 inch adapter … there you
are.
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
Behalf Of *Nat Hager III
*Sent:* 30 April 2006 12:45
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:36691] RE: Metric problem and solution at work
Today while at work I had a couple of interesting experiences that I
thought I'd pass on. The first was a woman who came in looking for an
adapter to fit a standard 2.5mm headphone jack into the larger 3.5mm
jacks
on a TV. I handed her the package which was labeled " 2.5mm to
3.5mmconversion cable", and she promptly asked me why it wasn't labelled
in
inches. I responded that I had never seen those jacks referred to in
anything but millimeters and she responded with "Well I'm American so I
shouldn't have to deal with metric displayed on the things that I buy. We
use inches and feet here"
"Things are changing. Adapt yourself...."
Now you may not be able to actually say that, depending on the situation,
but that's all the more I'd let it worry you.
Nat
--
"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
