I agree!! When studying arithmetic and such of mathematics at university,
the prof said that the units position had to be filled, no matter
what. Many marks were lost for writting ".4". He said that that does not
exist, being a prof who marked exams what student was going to argue. But
over the years, I have seen that that is correct and the best way is "0.4" etc.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 07:43 PM 2001-11-28 -0800, Mike Gilmer - N2MG wrote:
>It may not be a typo at all, but an unforgivable
>mistake. It is NEVER a good idea to publish technical
>information with values like ".4".
>
>It should always be written with a leading zero as
>in "0.4".
>
>They teach you that in Engineering Drawing 101.
>
>Shame on them!
>
>73 Mike N2MG
>
>On Wed, 28 November 2001, "Dan Evans" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Many thanks Tom & All,
> >
> > It would seem that this manual has a slight, but important, typo! Looks
> > like it may be time to let my friend in on the good/bad news.
> >
> > The good news is there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the control
> > box...
> >
> > The bad news is there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the control
> > box...
> >
> > 73 & thanks again,
> > Dan
>
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