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Subject: 
Re: Space Shuttle Costs
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:36:17 GMT
Original-From: 
Christer Gustavsson <christer.gustafsson@SPAMLESSemw.ericsson.se>
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Pete Hardie <pete.hardie@dvsg.sciatl.com> writes:
> 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....

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 http://www.lego.com :
4.9152 cm3 is the volume of an 8-stud LEGO brick. It measures 9.6 x 32
x 16 mm.

/Christer



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  Re: Space Shuttle Costs
 
(...) Won't help....I'm certain that LEGO bricks are not convenient multiples of metric units.... (28 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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