tomas wrote: > Or is "metric" one of these things spared by the > Brexit Bonfire?
It depends which gear your camp is since the metric system is partly implemented and partly co-exists (e.g. on product labels) in the UK ... and the supposed all-Metric world. Everything, of course, Made in China anyway ... Here is an example of a product that have not 2 but 3 systems (English, French and ISO). Maybe you are familiar with it, https://dataswamp.org/~incal/bike/TIRE But it is still not comparable since those digits say what size the tire is, it isn't the tire version. And as for names, they don't have that problem since often it's just the companies name. Sometimes tho, for flashier high-end tires, they have names to describe the particular product, and they want to make them unique for commercial reasons. So there are no reasons for us to do that, the main thing is so one can refer to them. If there is no reason to call it something, numbers or codes that refer to the technology is the best. E.g., what power tool is AG18BL ... it is an angle grinder with an 18V battery. But since computers systems are much more complicated that may not be doable in a meaningful way to be used on the floor. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
