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Saturday, 15 May 2004
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Geek Out! It's a Geek Out! From this Slashdot article pointing to this paper on Metric Paper Sizes by Markus Kuhn, we find out this:
Technical drawing pens follow the same size-ratio principle. The standard sizes differ by a factor sqrt(2): 2.00 mm, 1.40 mm, 1.00 mm, 0.70 mm, 0.50 mm, 0.35 mm, 0.25 mm, 0.18 mm, 0.13 mm. So after drawing with a 0.35 mm pen on A3 paper and reducing it to A4, you can continue with the 0.25 mm pen. (ISO 9175-1)
Alrighty, now you have to admit, that's bloody great. [Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent] Gotta love it. And the best part - this probably precedes computers!
8:53:45 AM Permanent Link 2 this Entry
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A man who apparently broke the rules is missing at least one finger— which was found outside the jaguar exhibit— and possibly three, Rio Grande Zoo officials said Thursday. I read the article at the airport in Albuquerque yesterday. File this also under funny and disturbing - quickly becoming a full file....
8:44:48 AM Permanent Link 2 this Entry
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Ottmar Liebert.
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