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Ok I know this is nitpicking but...

I'm not sure I would want a 13.3" tablet on my lap or in my hands. There must be a reason the standard letter page size is 8½ × 11", right?

The diagonal on the standard letter is 13.9". The evidence Jeff cites completely undermines his point.

I'll just assume it must have been a really long time since he actually held a piece of paper.

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Plus "letter-size" paper wasn't the standard until the 1980s, and most of the world uses an actual standard, A4.

> The American Forest and Paper Association argues that the dimension originates from the days of manual paper making, and that the 11-inch length of the page is about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size)

Also paper has different standard sizes in the rest of the world.

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