[amsat-bb] Re: Was: Arecibo, now confusing math

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Perhaps we should stick to the unambiguous exponential/scientific notation.
Today's date is  2.01E3:4E0:2.3E1

On 23-Apr-10 11:50, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
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> If you really want to bang your head against the wall at how man can't agree on anything, take a look at the concept of long and short scales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales  Anyone who has worked with big numbers and old data just loves this one.
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