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From: jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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Subject: Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own
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Date: 16 Jan 90 20:08:03 GMT
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This discussion is getting really silly.

Excerpts from netnews.comp.lang.postscript: 16-Jan-90 Re: ruler.ps - an
inch/poin.. Woodrow Baker@rpp386.cac (1309)

> I'm curious.  What is the measurement name for the metric system, and
> what measure does it use. 


The metric system has as measurement name meter and deriverates, like
centimeter. It is exactly 1 meter long.