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Originally Posted by dtengineering
And yeah, wire gauge is a really archaic way to measure wires. You'd think FIRST would be helping to inspire science and technology by actually using the units of measurement that have been adopted by scientists and technologists around the world, eh?
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When I think about how the modern units of measurement systems work, and how they're based on the (arbitrary) number of digits on our limbs, I develop some respect for the thinking of the old guys who came up with such clever things as the number of degrees of a compass, the Fahrenheit thermometer, wire and metal gauges, and all those pesky 16ths on the wrenches in the toolbox. Dividing factors of five in half is a real pain.