2001-06-30
But, isn't (wasn't) the British point not on the line as the American point
is now, but at the vertical centre of the number? Something like: 3.14159?
I think the hand-held calculator (not the PC) are all made with points, not
commas. Even in countries that use commas. This coupled
2001-06-30
Business Week is an American publication. Don't expect them to be
Europhiles. I remember when the Euro was first introduced in 1999 and the
American media hype against it. This same hype is going to resurface in the
next 6 months as the Euro comes into full force.
Keep in mind,
2001-06-30
Countdown to the Euro page.
http://www.euro-aktuell.de/
begin 666 Willkommen bei euro-aktuell - dem Infodienst der Sparkassen und des
Wirtschaftsmagazins DM.url
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14. Wie lange gelten die DM-Briefmarken?
Die Briefmarken werden seit Herbst 2000 bis zur Einführung des
Euro-Bargelds schrittweise mit doppelter Währungsauszeichnung herausgegeben.
Ab dem 1.1.2002 werden die Briefmarken generell in Cent ausgezeichnet. Die
auf Deutsche Pfennig lautenden
In the US a bushel is 4 pecks and a peck is 8 dry quarts. Also, a US
bushel is 2150.42 in3 (~35.239 07 L) in contrast to the Imperial bushel
of 2219.36 in3. In the US the dry quart (~1.101 L) is larger than the
liquid quart (~0.946 L), whereas the Imperial quart (1.136 L) is the
same for both dry
Unfortunately, Louis, the euro symbol did not display properly in
either Netscape nor in Kmail on my linux system. I see your message was
sent in ISO 8859-1 but both programs show me a strange symbol (circle
with four radiating lines at 045, 135, 225, and 315 degrees). The
message source says
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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:37:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ian Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Martin, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED], Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Taylor, Barry N. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SI Names and Symbols
On Thu, 28
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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:56:14 +0200
From: Terry Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ian Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gene Mechtly [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Martin, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Taylor, Barry N. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Symbols for SI Prefixes
I should have included here that the fonts used by my Netscape and Kmail
preferences at the moment are (Adobe) Times and (Adobe) Courier for
proportional and fixed font spacings, respectively. Perhaps a change or
upgrade to my fonts would solve the problem.
Jim
James R. Frysinger wrote:
In my message USMA 14106 I forgot to mention that Simon Stevin also
recommended the use of decimal divisions of the degree of angle instead of
minutes and seconds. This still has not been universally adopted but ISO
has recommended it.
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
TorontoM5P 1C8
Editor
Washington Post
Washington, DC
Dear Editor:
The reporter, Jeannine Aversa, whose article Economy Grows at 1.2
Percent Rate appeared last evening on the AP wire, may have written
something more significant than she realizes. The lead paragraph reads:
The U.S. economy barely inched
The message USMA 13778 from Stanley Doore: Weatheroffice site HAS ifp option is
probably still contaminated weith a virus attachment!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There IS and Imperial option on this site. See my message 13766 and 13769:
snip
Take a look to the attachment
Attachment: 2
Same on my PC.
James R. Frysinger wrote:
Unfortunately, Louis, the euro symbol did not display properly in
either Netscape nor in Kmail on my linux system. I see your message was
sent in ISO 8859-1 but both programs show me a strange symbol (circle
with four radiating lines at 045, 135,
2001-06-30
Gleichfalls
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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From: Paul Trusten
Stephen:
I'll stand by my statement that I've never SEEN apples priced by volume.
Your note reminds me, though, that I have HEARD of it. g
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf
At 10:15 -0400 01/06/30, James R. Frysinger wrote:
I should have included here that the fonts used by my Netscape and Kmail
preferences at the moment are (Adobe) Times and (Adobe) Courier for
proportional and fixed font spacings, respectively. Perhaps a change or
upgrade to my fonts would solve
Louis Jourdan wrote:
Not sure : my combination of keys alt-$ to get the euro symbol works
with most of my fonts, including Times and Courier - but not with
AvantGarde, Bodoni, Bookman, Hobo, Lucida, Mishiwaka, ...
My computers are configured for the U.S. International keyboard. With that,
the
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:32:33 +0200, Louis JOURDAN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:15 -0400 01/06/30, James R. Frysinger wrote:
I should have included here that the fonts used by my Netscape and Kmail
preferences at the moment are (Adobe) Times and (Adobe) Courier for
proportional and fixed font
I've more than heard of bushel baskets; I've toted many of them. Yes,
apples and many other items were commonly sold by the bushel, the
half-bushel (there were baskets for those, too), and the peck (ditto).
The baskets were made of very thin slices of wood that radiated out from
the center of
Spelling correction: Please correct the spelling from who's to
whose in the last paragraph, as shown below.
Thank you.
James R. Frysinger
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Subject: Inching forward to defeat
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:21:38 -0400
From: James R. Frysinger [EMAIL
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