Re: printed & ebooks & books on demand- where will it go?

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 09:26 AM 8/20/01, Alberto Monteiro  wrote:
>Kevin Tarr wrote:
> >
> > ?? Shouldn't that be 10^-12?
> >
>No. 10^-12 = billionth. I wrote 10^12 = billion
>
> >> Please avoid the use of the ambiguous number "billion",
> >> that should be 10^12 but is misused by astrologers


Well, what do you expect?  It's been 2000 years and they still don't 
recognize the existence of precession . . .


> >> as 10^9
>





-- Ronn! :)

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-- Ronn Blankenship
Instructor of >>> Astronomy <<</Planetary Science
University of Montevallo
Montevallo, AL

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