John S wrote in news:rc7t7m$eok$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
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>>> They boast about how thin it is "Thin .045-Inch wheel" but the
>>> actual thickness is .065 inches!!!
>>
>> Metric thickness seems close to correct. If that would have been
>> incorrect, many people would have notice. 1.1mm is quite
>> different from 1.6mm!
>>
>> Very few people outside US have a gut feeling of imperial units,
>> so this kind of things go unnoticed.
>>
>>> I've never seen a real company make such an error. And it's like
>>> nobody knows better, as if nobody has a caliper or cares to
>>> check how much metal they're removing.
>>
>> Ever heard of Mars Climate Orbiter ?
>>
>> --
>> mikko
>>
>
> Yeah, or the Hubble telescope?
The error the Hubble had had absolutely NOTHING to do with metric or Imperial measure.