2001-06-30
Gleichfalls
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Trusten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2001-06-30 13:34
Subject: [USMA:14126] Re: Euro logistics
> 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, 225, and 315 degrees). The
> > message source says that the character that was sent was "=A4". I
> > notice that $ is a shift-4 on my US keyboard and wonder if that's what
> > A4 indicates?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Friday 29 June 2001 1707, Louis JOURDAN wrote:
> > > At 16:09 -0400 01/06/29, Nat Hager III wrote:
> > > >Interesting article on the logistics of Euro-conversion, from next
> > > > week's Business Week International. Makes US metric conversion
> > > > look like a walk in the park.
> > >
> > > Yeah... At least Euro-conversion is thoroughly prepared, whilst the
> > > US metric conversion...
> > >
> > > Seriously, don't give too much credit to this article. Euro is
> > > already a reality for many people, and conversion will go smoothly.
> > > If some journalists want to make it a nightmare, that is their
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > Interesting : do you know how I get the euro symbol � with my new
> > > MacOS (9.1) ? by typing "option-$". In other words the euro is just
> > > an alternative to the dollar ?
> > >
> > > Louis
> >
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>
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