But it could be good for you... become a state... just think how much
480)460-2350 | |480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |Also in a lot of ways, we have a lot more in common with the US, than with
Dunno, it didn't help Taxyourtwoshits. ;-)
all sorts of jobs being outsourced to other parts of the world, India,
....and "Hooked on Phonics".
Any engineer that can't convert readily in one's head should trade in
I heard that they fixed that "lost jobs" problem by redifining
I thought doing crap like that caused stuff like spacecraft to
You can get a "manufacturing" job assembling burgers. ;-)
I used to be obsessed with the pounds/quarts/inches system,but worst of all, you are not yet Metric. The concept of going back
to inches, gallons would terrify me!
Just remember 2.54 and 3.785
And 0.00001639, 0.02831685, 0.7645549, 0.9463, 3.7854118 (oops
you mentioned that one), 29.57353, 0.3382, 0.2642, 35.31 and
probably a few others I forgot
Okay, I confess, found it here:
http://www.lcc.ctc.edu/info/charts/conversions.htm
I don't mind inches when in decimal form, but 3/8" and 7/32"
are meaningless to me, without converting them first.
A bigger problem, where a conversion chart doesn't help,
is when you need a replacement screw/nut/bolt/bearing or
even tools that fit.
Would that be the appropriate appropriations committee? ;-)John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:04:35 +0100, martin griffith
martingriffith@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Just on the news...
T Blair concedes in call to Bush.
Shit!
But look at the bright side: the next time you're ravaged by a
tropical hurricane, you'll get lots of help.
How many votes can they deliver? Largess aint fer free
They have to be votes for the right party, and it helps too to have
congressmen on the appropriate committees.
an.2004.11.03.23.48.11.840748@example.net...I had a 256 pin QFP laid out once where the manufacturerI wondered, "howcome there's no 12.5 mm wrenches", but
realized, they don't need them! a mm is about 1/25",
which is fine enough resolution for practical purposes.
What's really stupid, though, is the road signs that say
stuff like, "Slauson Av. 1/4 mi. (.4023 KM)".
And of course, parsecs are a unit in their own right.
Thanks,
Rich
Sometimes that 'mm is about 1/25" ' is not good enough.
We *almost* fabbed a BGA board like that. The PADS software (or"Rich Grise" <rich@example.net> wrote in message
news
snip
I wondered, "howcome there's no 12.5 mm wrenches", but
realized, they don't need them! a mm is about 1/25",
which is fine enough resolution for practical purposes.
What's really stupid, though, is the road signs that say
stuff like, "Slauson Av. 1/4 mi. (.4023 KM)".
And of course, parsecs are a unit in their own right.
Thanks,
Rich
Sometimes that 'mm is about 1/25" ' is not good enough.
I had a 256 pin QFP laid out once where the manufacturer
had stated the pin spacing as '0.020"(0.5mm)'. Turned out
that the spacing really was 0.5mm. That meant the leads
steadily precessed across the pads, finishing up one pin
spacing out over the length of each side.
Boy, was I popular with the tech that had to bend every
lead just a little bit to get it to fit on the board!
Really, since it is 1 / 25.4 I really have no doubt.On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:38:35 -0000, "Ian"
Ian_Buckner_not_@agilent.com> wrote:
"Rich Grise" <rich@example.net> wrote in message
news
snip
I wondered, "howcome there's no 12.5 mm wrenches", but
realized, they don't need them! a mm is about 1/25",
which is fine enough resolution for practical purposes.
What's really stupid, though, is the road signs that say
stuff like, "Slauson Av. 1/4 mi. (.4023 KM)".
And of course, parsecs are a unit in their own right.
Thanks,
Rich
Sometimes that 'mm is about 1/25" ' is not good enough.
A 'Grid' adjustment, every layout designer needs to know how to do it.
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Just remember 2.54 and 3.785
basically one guy who sits in the shop while everybody else sits home.
Yeah, well, that stuff doesn't count, since they invented all"Rich Grise" <rich@example.net> wrote in message
news
snip
I wondered, "howcome there's no 12.5 mm wrenches", but
realized, they don't need them! a mm is about 1/25",
which is fine enough resolution for practical purposes.
What's really stupid, though, is the road signs that say
stuff like, "Slauson Av. 1/4 mi. (.4023 KM)".
And of course, parsecs are a unit in their own right.
Thanks,
Rich
Sometimes that 'mm is about 1/25" ' is not good enough.
I had a 256 pin QFP laid out once where the manufacturer
had stated the pin spacing as '0.020"(0.5mm)'. Turned out
that the spacing really was 0.5mm. That meant the leads
steadily precessed across the pads, finishing up one pin
spacing out over the length of each side.
Boy, was I popular with the tech that had to bend every
lead just a little bit to get it to fit on the board!