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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by piqufoh on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:20AM (#19053827)
It's specific (US Letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size) ) - half of which is reasonaby close to A5, but I'm not sure why the "odd" qualifier.
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by robin_reala on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:23AM (#19053854)
I guess odd because it’s really only used in North America. I’ve never seen a piece of letter sized paper although I’ve heard of it (first after deciphering the weird PC LOAD LETTER error on HP laser printers which is extra confusing if you don’t realise that letter is a paper size).
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by isostatic on Friday February 01, 2019 @09:26AM (#19054287)
Suddenly, after 25 years, that message makes sense! Thank you!
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by core-questions on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:55PM (#19057230)
PC is Paper Cartridge, iirc.
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by odonnellryan on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:57AM (#19054068)
It is almost the same as A4 paper.
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by yellowapple on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:59AM (#19055132)
And yet different enough to sometimes cause issues when they get mixed and matched (e.g. A4 document on Letter printer, or vice versa).
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by y4mi on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:01AM (#19055155)
It's almost like a misaligned a4
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by pbhjpbhj on Friday February 01, 2019 @09:17AM (#19054217)
Ah!
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by chrisseaton on Friday February 01, 2019 @08:27AM (#19053894)
Unless you know about the particulars of US paper sizes, it sounds like they mean 'half the length of a letter that you might write to someone' which does sound odd. What letter? What about? My letters may be one paragraph or three pages.
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Re:A small notebook for a system administrator by pmoriarty on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:27PM (#19057556)
One could also interpret it as referring to a letter of the alphabet, just to add to the confusion.
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