On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 12:34:01PM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote.. > ... > > It's a pity that the modern PC is hamstrung by design decisions made > > over 25 years ago. > > sorry, but couldn't help it :-) > > The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 > feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that > gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, > and the US railroads were built by English expatriates. > > Why did the English people build them like that? Why would any sane person continue to use inches, feet, stones, yards etc etc anyway? >:-) Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Mon Apr 11 2005 - 07:39:33 UTC
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