"Two of us, myself and Martin already touched on this"
Be aware that some people unsubscribe at the weekend, as has already been mentioned - and then resubsribe on Monday). Others will use filtering. So don't worry too much if people 'appear' to repeat something (it could be due to filtering). Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:22:12 -0700 From: jeremiahmacgre...@rocketmail.com Subject: [USMA:44866] Re: Horse deaths in Florida To: usma@colostate.edu Two of us, myself and Martin already touched on this. I am wondering how the news media will handle this when it comes out that the American practice of not using a zero to precede a decimal number less then one was the cause of the deaths of all of these horses. If it can happen with horses, it can happen with people, which means there may already be countless thousands of people who have died senseless deaths due to the omission of a zero. Does the pharmaceutical industry have any rules concerning this? Jerry From: Bill Hooper <hooperb...@bellsouth.net> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:48:35 PM Subject: [USMA:44865] Re: Horse deaths in Florida On Apr 25 , at 7:50 AM, John M. Steele wrote: ... the horses' lab-made supplements included 5 milligrams per milliliter of sodium selenite instead of the prescribed 0.5 milligrams. One wonders if this may have been a case of omitting the 0 (zero) before the decimal point in "0.5". Without that leading zero, the decimal point might easily be overlooked. Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ========================== _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/
