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| boffin:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on February 25, 2020, 05:44:43 am ---While there is a bunch of arguing without listening going on on this thread I continue to learn things and develop questions/observations. Question 1: In metrified countries, how is printer and photographic resolution specified. In the US it is DPI or dots per inch. Do metric guys do dots per centimeter or do you do do dot spacing (pitch as defined in the metric world)? For some reason the metric world seems to gravitate towards the reciprocal of US standard units (liters/km, pitch in mm and so on). I see no particular advantage to one or the other. It is kind of like the side of the road you drive on. Tradition, not advantage. --- End quote --- The photo-typesetters I used to deal with were 2540/1270 dots per inch; which I'm sure converts to something really unmanageable in metric |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: KL27x on February 27, 2020, 05:32:01 pm --- [...] and then Paris says, whoops, we have to make an adjustment. [...] --- End quote --- That's not really how things work, though... to put it mildly. These decisions are made by representatives from all nations. |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on February 27, 2020, 02:50:50 am ---Second I agree that cement and ready mixed concrete are not usually exported. Shipping costs are too high. --- End quote --- Even so, we export about $178 million of cement per year: http://www.worldstopexports.com/cement-exports-by-country/ We're nowhere near the leading exporter but since I live near a port where cement is loaded, I have an inside track on knowing darn well we export some. |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 27, 2020, 03:29:15 am ---Change what? We are not here to change anything. We are here to investigate why the US is not metric. While I drink beer, go read the posts in the thread that you said you didn't, so you don't repeat the same nonsense arguments your brothers in arms made and that we properly debunked. And since you mentioned urine, in fact they are really pissed that their bullshit was not accepted. --- End quote --- You've been told why we're not metric, you've been told why we never will be metric and yet you just refuse to accept the explanations. You want to minimize the objections and that's fine but the objections are still the reason we will never change. The objections may not suit you but they do suit us and we're the only ones who matter. Trust me, we don't give a rat's patoot what the rest of the world thinks! Just a suggestion: You might want to get over it! This whole thread has been America bashing since the first post. |
| TimFox:
--- Quote from: boffin on February 27, 2020, 06:19:18 pm --- --- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on February 25, 2020, 05:44:43 am ---While there is a bunch of arguing without listening going on on this thread I continue to learn things and develop questions/observations. Question 1: In metrified countries, how is printer and photographic resolution specified. In the US it is DPI or dots per inch. Do metric guys do dots per centimeter or do you do do dot spacing (pitch as defined in the metric world)? For some reason the metric world seems to gravitate towards the reciprocal of US standard units (liters/km, pitch in mm and so on). I see no particular advantage to one or the other. It is kind of like the side of the road you drive on. Tradition, not advantage. --- End quote --- The photo-typesetters I used to deal with were 2540/1270 dots per inch; which I'm sure converts to something really unmanageable in metric --- End quote --- That is 100 and 50 dots per mm, respectively. |
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