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large errors for lack of following convention

Posted By: garyo
Date: Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 5:54 a.m.

In Response To: putting a zero ahead of a decimal point (Chuck Bower)

When even rocket scientists screw up SAE/Metric problems, I'd think that something like the leading 0 is a no brainer.

just do a cost-benefit analysis. the cost of the 0.X is practically nothing --- the resultant errors that come when #s are misinterpreted means that you result will likely be an order of magnitude or greater off.

consider a medical order for a drug "qwert" which has a large dosing range. the physician writes qwert .5mg --- and the order is faxed or otherwise electronically transmitted. the patient recieves a ten-fold overdose when the "." is obliterated by "noise". It's much harder to mistranscribe 0.5

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    • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 1:33 p.m.
      • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
        Klaus Evers -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 8:31 p.m.
        • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
          mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 8:39 p.m.
          • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
            Klaus Evers -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 9:00 p.m.
          • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
            Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 5:19 a.m.
            • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
              Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 5:52 a.m.
              • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:10 p.m.
                • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                  Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:12 p.m.
                  • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                    Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 8:36 p.m.
                    • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                      Chase -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 12:33 a.m.
                      • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 1:55 a.m.
                        • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                          Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 3:24 a.m.
                        • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
                          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 5:56 a.m.
            • Cultural differences or language differences?
              Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:47 a.m.
              • Cultural differences or language differences?
                Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 8:20 a.m.
        • putting a zero ahead of a decimal point.... cultural differences
          Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 2:14 a.m.
      • large errors for lack of following convention
        garyo -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 5:54 a.m.
        • large errors for lack of following convention
          Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 5 May 2010, at 6:23 a.m.
  • Standardizing match score notation
    Stick -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:43 p.m.
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      Jason Lee -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:53 p.m.
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        Stick -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:57 p.m.
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          Jason Lee -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:00 p.m.
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              Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 4:21 a.m.
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              Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 4:53 a.m.
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    Joe Russell -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:46 p.m.
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      Jason Lee -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:50 p.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:33 p.m.
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        Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 3:55 a.m.
        • Standardizing match score notation
          Chase -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 4:38 a.m.
          • Ah -- thanks! *NM*
            Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 5:17 a.m.
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