Dear Mike, Like some other folk on this list, every so often I enjoy a spot of nitpicking.
on 2002-11-15 14.22, Mike Joy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > May I persuade you to consider using suitable prefixes for very large > distances in order to make them more meaningful? Your statement "1.6 > billion km" would be better stated as 1.6Tm (to use the correct > terminology, i.e. Terameters), or at least you could use "xxx times the > distance from the Earth to the Sun", or other suitable astronomical > measuring terminology. Nitpick 1: There should be a space between 1.6 and Tm ie. it should be 1.6�Tm � I use a non-breaking space for this so that the number doesn't get stranded by itself on the first line when the unit goes around the corner to the second line. Nitpick 2: the words, terametre and terametres are both spelled without capitals. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia
