On 2023-04-21 14:05, Michael Douglass wrote:
On 4/21/23 15:13, Arthur David Olson wrote:
Fun fact: the time zone database is 80% comments by volume. What's that by weight?
Ignoring historical data files, printing 65 lines/page at 10/12pt, on cheap 80g/m2 A4 office paper (210mm*297mm) with 10mm end margins, ~270-272pp*: $ units `cat ~/tz/data/{[ef]*,*{ica,asia}} | wc -l`*12point/277mm*A4paper*80gsm 1.3475787 kg $ units `cat ~/tz/data/{[ef]*,*{ica,asia}} | wc -l`*12point/277mm*A4paper*80gsm *.8 1.0780629 kg so rounding up pages and weights, we have ~1.35kg with ~1.1kg of comments ;^> Calculation of printing and shipping costs are left as exercises for readers who still print on paper and send mail! ;^p *double checked page count with `pr` -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry