[sdiy] Metric

[John L Marshall]

Rainer,

> Although European and thus metric to the core, I always had a weak spot
> for the imperial units because of all those nice fractions. Shifting
> decimal points around is not half as much fun.

The funny part was to say "half" as much fun. Fractional inches are of
course are binary. The bits to the right of the binary point are 1/2, 1/4,
1/8 and so on.

The Ps and Qs are a power of 2 or 4. Fun stuff.

I was in London during the metric transition. What fun. Let's see if I
remember, 12 pence to a shilling, 5 shillings to a crown, 20 shillings to a
pound, but if you were in the snooty part of London then it was 21 shillings
to a guinea.

As I am writing this I am looking at Mt Rain(i)er.

Take care,
John

Pacific Northwest  Synth meeting September 25th