Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/15

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Subject: [Leica] At the AAA All Star Game
From: jblack at ambio.net (John Black)
Date: Fri Jul 15 09:40:21 2005
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> I meant 39.5 - but it was so hot......... ;)
>
> Adam
>
> Sometimes a number is JUST a number!
>

At some rational level I know that but I once had a professor that was a
terrible stickler for numerical accuracy no matter how trivial.  If we
accidentally dropped a digit or mistakenly inverted a number, he would
single us out and publicly admonish... "...you just killed your patient...".
I freely admit he scared me to death and it has probably effected the way I
look at numbers ever since.

Now spelling is a different matter ;-}

JB
In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] At the AAA All Star Game)
Message from jblack at ambio.net (John Black) ([Leica] At the AAA All Star Game)
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