Every time this is mentioned I feel a wild flash of anger that he didn't set it to 2.56cm. That would make the inch precisely (1/10 000)^8 meters. Instead, we

Every time this is mentioned I feel a wild flash of anger that he didn't set it to 2.56cm. That would make the inch precisely (1/10 000)^8 meters. Instead, we're stuck with almost that. Forever.