Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95

On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:38:31 -0400, c186282 wrote:

   Meters, metres (my spellcheck doesn't like that)
   are convenient, but centimeters/millimeters are too small - the
   English units are more, well, 'human scale'.

Nothing wrong with 9 millimeter, or .356 inches if you prefer. Besides
when you're working under a car 'gimme a damn 9' works better with your
significant other than 'could you hand me a 11/32, darling?'

Of course US cars and bikes of a certain vintage have both. That's the
nice thing about working on the Toyota or either Suzuki; they're metric,
end of story.

Besides 'metre' goes back to the French National Assembly that wanted to
reinvent everything including 10 day weeks with the days named after
plants. At least the Marshmallow of Thermidor didn't survive.

When I was a kid I was fascinated when I realized you could invent your
own measurements (and language). Afaik the Harvard Bridge between
Cambridge and Boston is still marked off in smoots.