hah. the difference in reaction between my international friends (you, marnanel, imtboo) and my American friends (including some here in my lab) is amusing.
But yes, I swear, I didn't know about the fancy ratio properties of the A-series. That's pretty neat, believe it or not.
And there's a certain stubbornness to American attitudes towards international standards. I'm not defending it -- we also don't have sensible health care programs or intelligent foreign policy -- but there it is.
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Date: 2005-04-28 02:51 am (UTC)But yes, I swear, I didn't know about the fancy ratio properties of the A-series. That's pretty neat, believe it or not.
And there's a certain stubbornness to American attitudes towards international standards. I'm not defending it -- we also don't have sensible health care programs or intelligent foreign policy -- but there it is.
America -- the world's biggest case of Not Invented Here syndrome.