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

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 2:05 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Was: Arecibo, now confusing math


> Perhaps we should stick to the unambiguous exponential/scientific
notation.
> Today's date is  2.01E3:4E0:2.3E1
>
Hi Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF

For my scientific calculations using my hand calculators I would use
similarly

Today's date is 2.01 x 10^3 : 4 x 10^0 : 2.3 x 10^1

73" de

i8CVS Domenico