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Subject: 
Re: Space Shuttle Costs
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:53:45 GMT
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Pete Hardie <PETE.HARDIE@DVSGihatespam.SCIATL.COM>
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Harri 'Junkarn' Manni wrote:
Well, at least the Americans are moving towards the metric system now.
Inch by inch...    :)

Won't help....I'm certain that LEGO bricks are not convenient multiples
of
metric units....

--
Pete Hardie                   |   Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta            |
Digital Video Services Group  |



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  Re: Space Shuttle Costs
 
(...) I guess it depends on how you define "convenient" :-). LEGO was, after all, founded in Denmark and they use the metric system there afaik. From (URL) : 4.9152 cm3 is the volume of an 8-stud LEGO brick. It measures 9.6 x 32 x 16 mm. /Christer (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Well, at least the Americans are moving towards the metric system now. Inch by inch... :) //Harri Manni - 070-5850517 -o) -"Do not take life too seriously.You will never get out alive." /\\ 11.00100100001111110...0011010011 _\_V (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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