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What's an order of magnitude among friends?What's an order of magnitude among friends?Posted Jan 31, 2013 14:22 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733)In reply to: What's an order of magnitude among friends? by micka Parent article: Quotes of the week
> 72,000 rpm isn't that fast ! It's just a bit over 1 rotation per second !
You mean 1 rotation per millisecond, right?
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What's an order of magnitude among friends? Posted Jan 31, 2013 19:51 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
no, he's pretending that the comma is a decimal point, which is something that is used in print in parts of Europe.
What's an order of magnitude among friends? Posted Jan 31, 2013 20:03 UTC (Thu) by intgr (subscriber, #39733) [Link]
D'oh, suddenly that whole thread started to make sense (and I'm European!). :)
What's an order of magnitude among friends? Posted Jan 31, 2013 21:30 UTC (Thu) by micka (subscriber, #38720) [Link]
Not a decimal point, a decimal comma ;)
> that is used in print
and on screen and in handwriting too.
Yes, that was an uncalled for (and a bit lame) jocke.
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