On Oct 23, 2011, at 3:37 PM, IVP wrote:

> it was frustrating to see Sr and Jr smoke their brains trying to do =20
> maths in 64ths, or 19/16th and a bit minus a touch over 5/8th etc. =20
> For goodness sake, get a ruler with mm ;-)

That's what calculators are for?

I think if you're dealing lengths on the order of 64ths of an inch, a =20
ruler with mm isn't going to help much. (1/64 inch ~=3D 0.4mm; time to =20
get a micrometer or something instead of a ruler.)

Don't like PCBs.  tenth-inches, mm, mils.  Back and forth.  All the =20
time.  6mil design rules for .4mm QFPs, 8mils for .5mm QFPs.  Bah!

Back on topic, it's hard to second guess CERN scientists based on =20
reports in the "popular" press.  One has to assume that they looked =20
into all the obvious things, or they'd still be thinking instead of =20
publishing. Has there been a response to the University of Groningen =20
theory yet?  It seemed simple enough that CERN would have either said =20
"oh of course" or "no, we already considered that."

BillW

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