From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 19:23:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787CB1065673 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:23:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A3B38FC30 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:23:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0EC5C22; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:25:33 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4900CF1E.3020800@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:23:10 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Valentin Bud References: <20081023035928.C55AC1065738@hub.freebsd.org> <20081023174911.P4254@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <139b44430810230144j6001c244ndc3d57102d22d9d3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <139b44430810230144j6001c244ndc3d57102d22d9d3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gonzalo Nemmi , Polytropon , Ian Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man -t odd page size X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:23:12 -0000 Valentin Bud wrote: > hello, > what do you know about this site: http://www.metricamerica.com/. > i don't remember where i have read that America is going to apply the SI > (ess eye) > unit system. > so things are going to change maybe even the A4 papersize. > > a good day, > v #########... Aloha, The Metric System has been a legal measure in the United States since the 1860's. There is nothing to stop anybody legally from using it. In many places in the country both are used. Tue US Military uses Metric. The film and Video industry for example. Here in Hawaii the population is very diverse and most people have come from Metric countries. If you have to ever work on maintaining equipment, mechanical or electronic, here in the US, both tool sizes are a must. I had to replace a storage battery yesterday on a clients Japanese Fork Lift and the fasteners were all metric except for one battery terminal clamp. I think the choice by locale for FreeBSD is an excellent solution. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol