Re: Vulgar fractions (was: 8859-1, 8859-15, 1252 and Euro)

From: Michael Everson ([email protected])
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 07:48:42 EST


Ar 03:07 -0800 2000-02-11, scr�obh Otto Stolz:

>But these countries manage to trick us into using their units, world-
>wide. E. g., everybody seems to dubb 90-mm floppies as "3�-inch
>floppies" (though their diameter is endeed 90 mm, exactly).

The box here next to me says 3.5"

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