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Worse, there were actually two different foot measurements, one used in surveying and the other more generally. They vary by not much, but it adds up when surve
by lstamour 5y ago
Worse, there were actually two different foot measurements, one used in surveying and the other more generally. They vary by not much, but it adds up when surveying, and still causes trouble today as you have to determine whether or not something was measured using one definition of a foot or another. Of course, one pair of fingernail trimmers tends to be as good as another, but one can't say the same about shoes sized for the wrong foot. ;-)
- ineedasername 5y agoHmmm... people also trim fingernails to different lengths. There are also artificial finger nail extensions, although I think those can clearly be left out of consideration. I think to accommodate such variables the standard would really need to consider only the nail plate that covers the finder itself, not any overhand resulting from growing nails out longer. Further, I would propose we settle on a single finger to use. While all fingers are important, the dominant role of the pointer finger makes it a clear candidate. Really, if we're moving to a nail-based benchmark for generating transistor density metrics then these details really need to be, um... nailed down.