On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Albert ARIBAUD albert.aribaud@free.fr wrote:
Bonjour,
allo albert. i found the 2 frida LCDs btw.
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OTOH, we French have primed the use of the metric system before 1800 while even today the British and Americans (among others) insist on using some imperial system(s). :)
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haha yeah in electronics they use mm *and* mil (thousands of an inch) - i use both (!) regularly in the electronics designs i'm doing... blergh...
(I can't help smiling every time I re-read the footnote in _Good Omens_ about the old British currency system and how the Brits considered the decimal currency system /too complicated/ to adopt.)
oo, oo, i remember! well, it's true. 12 you can count on the knuckles of four fingers, and it divides cleanly by 2, 3, 4 *and* 6! 12 is a coool number...
l.