Wow! Jorge, I don't believe Mac was criticizing your choice of language. Given that you and Achim both apparently speak Portugese, and Achim may not speak English, your common language would naturally be the first choice, especially since technical terms often do not translate easily. I think Mac's concern is for the many on the list who don't know your language but do know English, possibly as a second or third language. Even a rough translation into English would greatly increase the number of people who might benefit from your knowledge. Mac, I'll give it a try based on my high school Spanish. Anyone else, Jorge included, is welcome to correct me :-) "An expression that gives the average obliquity of the ecliptic is: 23d 26' 21.45'' - 46.815'' *T - 0.0006'' *T^2 + 0.00181*T^3 where T is the number os Julian seconds after the epoch 2000 Jan 1.5 (Julian day 2,451,545.0)" Regards, Mike Blackwell ------------- CONTEXT BELOW ------------- [ Jorge Ramalho < ">[EMAIL PROTECTED]> originally wrote: Achim, A expressao que dah o valor medio da obliquidade da ecliptica eh 23d 26' 21.45'' - 46.815'' *T - 0.0006'' *T^2 + 0.00181*T^3 T eh o numero de seculos Julianos para ou desde a epoca 2000 Jan 1.5 (Dia Juliano 2 451 545.0) [ To which Mac Oglesby < ">[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: Dear Jorge, It would be a kindness to me, and perhaps to some others on this List, if you would either return to posting in English, or offer a translation into English. Thank you very much. [ Jorge responded:
This is a parenthesis on my strike until that anglo-saxonian dialect poetry contest of yours chooses a winner. Mac: If you feel I am a black sheep on the flock just tell me. I can anytime send those magic words to Majordomo.
