[time-nuts] OT Prototype Boards

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Tue Jun 25 17:16:43 UTC 2013


In message <CAF_SE-Av85UZWvKP2ZeiL10DcDeohROj0WNe1D-13vaWcWtKeA at mail.gmail.com>
, Robert Darlington writes:

>Machinists know that 1 inch is exactly 2.54cm or 25.4mm.  It's a
>definition, not a coincidence.

The crucial word in that statement being "a" :-)

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