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From: Dave Weilacher (no email)
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 11:33:06 EDT
This brings to mind one of my favorite sayings
"Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing"
Do you suppose Carls point could have been made with humour instead of personal assualt? Or perhaps humour was intended.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Herzog <>
Sent: Jun 7, 2005 11:22 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Abbreviation of Nautical Mile
Dan Allen wrote:
> nm is common but unfortunately also means nanometer, so I like using
> nmi as it cannot be mistaken for another unit.
>
> Dan
>
I had to look up the definition of a nanometer, a billionth of a meter.
From a practical standpoint, it occurs to me that anyone likely to
mistake the two in a given context probably shouldn't be on the water in
the first place.
Carl
Dave Weilacher
.IBM AS400 RPG contract programmer
.USCG Master lic. 100 ton
.ASA Sailing Instructor Evaluator
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