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Letter: Error ceiling

Published 9 May 2007

From Crispin Piney

As Feedback says, the sign in the school of maths and physics indicating “You are on level 2. Level 3 is one floor up” was clearly provided by the maths department (21 April). Physicists would have written “Level 3 is approximately one floor up (within experimental accuracy)”.

Valbonne, France

Issue no. 2603 published 12 May 2007

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