No, the figures are in straight percents. So that would be 0.489% or roughly a half percent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content Judah On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Police said Kobierowski registered a .489, then a .491, breathalyzer >>tests. > > Am I understanding this number correctly, that this person blood was almost > half alcohol? > > If that is a correct interpretation, just how long would that hangover last? > > P.S. > Sorry to bring this thread back to the original, non-political topic. But > when I read this news story yesterday I was flabbergasted by that 50%. But I > wondered if it was the correct way to read this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273119 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5