On 3 January 2014 14:55, Niemand Sonst <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Friday 03 January 2014 09:05:21 andy pugh did opine:
>>> The British Standard for technical drawings uses a comma. But nowhere >>> else is this used, > Don't say nowhere else! It is used in Germany as standard! Sorry, I meant "Nowhere else in the UK". Which means that if you produce a drawing "by the book" it tends to confuse the machine shop... I can actually see the point that a dot can easily be converted to a comma to change the value of a number on a cheque or similar, but the reverse is less easy. I am reminded of how Chinese numerals have a more complex (and difficult to alter) form for banking use. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
