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On 6/09/2024 8:05 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:08:44 +1000, Trevor Wilson 
> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/09/2024 10:17 am, Rod Speed wrote:
>>> On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:02:41 +1000, Trevor Wilson 
>>> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/09/2024 8:31 pm, Joe wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 16:29:53 +1000
>>>>> Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> 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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