On Wednesday 01 August 2001 07:26, David Walluck wrote:
> Hey... they have always made sense to me :) The British system is based on
> "real world" measurement. Metric system makes sense in science, but not to
> me anywhere else. I know I'd have a hard time changing being raised on the
> system a
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Pixel wrote:
> Edward Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > (It would be possible to make finer distinctions, eg in Britain we use
> > metric paper sizes, but many users may prefer feet and inches for
> > measurement, which are the same as in America, although other units ar
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 14:38, Pixel wrote:
> maybe we should nuke all US so that they at last switch to Metric units ;)
I don't think that will help, this is probably in the heritage from Bush Sr,
who argued at the UN Rio de Janario conference:" the lifestyle of the US is
not negotiable".
Be
Edward Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> (It would be possible to make finer distinctions, eg in Britain we use
> metric paper sizes, but many users may prefer feet and inches for
> measurement, which are the same as in America, although other units are
> slightly different sizes...
maybe we s
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 14:21, you wrote:
>
> I think that preferred units could be chosen at the same time as
> language. So there's the big list of languages, and underneath are a
> couple of radio buttons
>
> Units of measurement
> ( ) Metric / ISO( ) US
>
Nice creativity
regards
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I think that preferred units could be chosen at the same time as
language. So there's the big list of languages, and underneath are a
couple of radio buttons
Units of measurement
( ) Metric / ISO( ) US
You could probably guess this based
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 13:13, you wrote:
> i don't think it's worth a dialog, is it? persuade me!
I was just trying to force you to think about the possibility. From what I
remember on installing Debian that is one type of question I had to answer.
I have no idea on how it is best done, but
guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Is it possible to get a dialog in the installer that asks for units or
> papersize, i.e a4 means metric units in XFig etc.
i don't think it's worth a dialog, is it? persuade me!
> The Imperial units are best used for crash landing on Mars.
we could a
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Is it possible to get a dialog in the installer that asks for units or
papersize, i.e a4 means metric units in XFig etc.
The Imperial units are best used for crash landing on
