Dear all,
The capital W is probably a font translation error that was not spotted. I
had much heart ache over this whenever I print something in a different
computer. I have had much experience with entire documents that have the
greek lower case m (micro=u=greak mu) being subsituted for a plain lower
case m etc... It is very frustrating.
This bring to mind a similar and more widely use practice in marking
electrolytic capacitors e.g. 10mfd instead of 10uF. It is oblivious to the
experienced engineer, mfd is read as micro Farad knowing that the mili
Farad component is probably the size of a chair! I wonder if this will
catch any technical types by surprise.
:-)
Tim Foo
Cortland Richmond
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06/25/02 01:53 PM
Please respond to
Cortland Richmond
Another "interesting" thing -- not the same as this -- is what happens to
the upper-case Omega some documents use instead of spelling out "ohms;"
some software turns it into "W." I could have SWORN I'd see a 1000 W
resistor on a modem card!
Cortland
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