XPost: misc.survivalism, uk.politics.misc, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: can.politics, aus.politics   
   From: trevor@rageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 6/09/2024 8:05 pm, Rod Speed wrote:   
   > On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:08:44 +1000, Trevor Wilson   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/09/2024 10:17 am, Rod Speed wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:02:41 +1000, Trevor Wilson   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 1/09/2024 8:31 pm, Joe wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 16:29:53 +1000   
   >>>>> Trevor Wilson  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> **Just a reminder moron: I am not the one trying to use measurements   
   >>>>>> that no one on the planet uses, except Americans. Australia, like the   
   >>>>>> rest of the planet, uses Metric measurements.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>  There are still many electronic components, even those made in the   
   >>>>> Far   
   >>>>> East, that fit a 1/10" grid. If you actually use measurements in real   
   >>>>> life, you need to be able to deal with any system you may   
   >>>>> encounter. It   
   >>>>> is also not unusual to see dimensions quoted in a strange number of   
   >>>>> millimetres which turns out to be an exact number of inches. And don't   
   >>>>> bother trying to find a metric screw to fit a photographic mount,   
   >>>>> anywhere in the world.   
   >>>   
   >>>> I am well aware of legacy products that are still in Imperial   
   >>>> measurements. Plumbing and, as you say, old school electronic   
   >>>> components. However, common-place measurements (distance, capacity,   
   >>>> etc) are now Metric all over the planet. Except for one, tiny, pocket.   
   >   
   >>>  Aircraft aren't one tiny pocket, fuckwit   
   >   
   >> Are you SERIOUSLY trying to tell us that Airbus Industries use   
   >> Imperial measurements when they build aeroplanes?   
   >   
   > Nope, that the ENTIRE FUCKING INDUSTRY except for the   
   > russian military uses FEET for altitude, KNOTS for airspeed   
   > and TONS for fuel, and MILLIBARS for QNH fuckwit.   
      
   **A knot is NOT an Imperial measurement. The Imperial measurement of   
   speed is mph. A knot is one nautical mile per hour. A nautical mile is a   
   radial measurement equivalent to one minute of arc.   
      
      
      
   >   
   >> I call bullshit on that. The Frogs would NEVERuse Imperial   
   >> measurements  for their products.   
   >   
   > Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that   
   > you have never ever had a fucking clue, ever.   
      
   **Nonetheless, a fact to prove you wrong.   
      
   >   
   >> However, it would appear that Boeing still use Imperial measurements,   
   >   
   > And so does RR, GE and P&W engines.   
      
   **Again: A piddling 5% of the planet bothers with imperial measurements.   
   EVERYONE else uses Metric.   
      
      
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