§ is a very old sign used, I think, by printers from 1600 on. ± is very useful in maths. One of the nicest papers about short term memory goes by the wonderful title of"The Magical Number 7, ± 2" by George A Miller.
Ranulph On 21 Jan 2009, at 10:35, Tom Coady wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Ana Luiza Iaria > <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:08:54 +0000, Phil Ward wrote: > > Not sure about §, but I use ± all the time. For example. > thanks Phil > > § is used mainly in legal documents, as it means Paragraph. > Is it not an american legal convention? Seems an odd choice for UK. > I think # would have been more useful. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
