----- Original Message ---- From: Bernie Cosell <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:57:17 AM Subject: Re: [math-fun] Algebra I (RiP) A related amusing one is WRT temperatures: referring to something being twice as hot as something else [or more perplexing, half as warm or twice as cold]. /Bernie\ This happened in the R&D department where I work. A temperature controller was specified to be stable to +/- 5%. When I explained the problem, everybody understood, and it was changed to +/- so many deg C. Gene ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469