From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 19:33:00 EST
> In the interests of internationalization, I suppose I should point
> out that the weight of the Unicode 4.0 book, while 9 Lbs in the US,
> will be 4.1 kg everywhere else in the world.
In the interests of precision:
- The weight would be 9 lb anywhere on the earth.
- The *mass* would be 4.1 kg, also anywhere on the earth, as well as on the
moon or in outerspace.
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <everson@evertype.com>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 09:36
Subject: Encoding: Unicode Quarterly Newsletter
> I was pleased to receive my copy today -- a bit delayed I guess
> because it had my old address on it. Of interest -- of course -- was
> Debbie Anderson's article on the Script Encoding Initiative. But
> that's not why I'm commenting.
>
> In the interests of internationalization, I suppose I should point
> out that the weight of the Unicode 4.0 book, while 9 Lbs in the US,
> will be 4.1 kg everywhere else in the world.
>
> :-)
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