XPost: sci.electronics.equipment   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 6/26/2020 9:53 AM, Cydrome Leader wrote:   
   > In sci.electronics.equipment Pimpom  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> My mechanical slide caliper has a resolution of 0.001 inch. This   
   >> means that it can display measurements with a precision of 1 mil,   
   >   
   > What if your caliper had a resolution of 1 mil +/- 3 counts on the last   
   > digit? That's the issue with multimeters that have completely bogus digits   
   > at the end. Those number are just noise and serve no purpose at all. They   
   > don't even compare to all bullets missing the target but landing in the   
   > same wrong spot.   
   >   
   You seem intent on picking an argument by inserting a statement   
   that agrees with the following sentences. BTW, my caliper is not   
   digital, so the matter of +/- count is irrelevant.   
      
   >> but that doesn't guarantee that a measurement taken with it will   
   >> be accurate to 1 mil. I may not always press the jaws snugly   
   >> enough and the scale may not be perfectly accurate.   
   >   
      
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