Inches and feet are not metric--no decimels. nm
Posted By: nm on 2006-07-23
In Reply to: being picky, it would be 0.012 (leading zero needed) nm - CM
Subject: Inches and feet are not metric--no decimels. nm
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Metric is based on units of 10, not 8. Saying 3/8 cm makes no sense. No metric ruler has eighths. nm
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Subject: Examining feet = *Feet are 1 to 1 in distribution*....TIA
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Subject: You also need a 0 before .1 making it 0.1. open decimels are a big no no. nm,
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Subject: decimals for metric so the 1.25 way
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Subject: inch is NOT used with metric values. That
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Subject: i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
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Subject: I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
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