Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!emrath From: emrath@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Speed limit should be 100. - (nf) Message-ID: <2348@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 05:26:32 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2348 Posted: Fri Jul 1 05:26:32 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 17:43:46 EDT Lines: 17 #N:uiucdcs:36200007:000:620 uiucdcs!emrath Jun 30 23:35:00 1983 The last note about raising the speed limit has prompted me to enter this FLAME. I would like to see the speed limit raised to 100, a nice round number. 100 Km/H, that is. (that's about 62mph) This country needs to get off its duff and start using the metric system. Just think, travel time in hours is distance >> 2 (decimal system, please). It never ceases to amaze me that in the semiconductor industry, line widths and feature sizes are measured in microns (that should be micrometers, but then that's a tool for measuring fractions of an inch!), but chips are measured in mils (.001 inch) and wafers in inches.