Re: sustainable swag

I believe these prices may be an error -- according to what I have  
read in Switzerland it is common to use the comma to denote the  
decimal point for fractions -- except when the units concerned are  
Swiss Francs. It is possible that the programmer here forgot this  
exception and used the comma instead as with other numbers. This would  
make these documents around $101.00 US dollars rather than $10,100.00.

This has some info on the "radix point":
http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/48762

-- Randal


On Aug 15, 2010, at 3:11 AM, Deborah Taylor-Pearce wrote:

> Caroline,
>
> Many thanks for this.
>
>> ISO 9001 and its various
>> sibling standards are listed
>> for sale here:
>> http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnum
>> ber=21823
>> If you scroll past the list
>> of parts for sale, you will
>> see a short overview of the
>> standards.
>>
>> They cost a fortune
>
> This is one of my pet peeves: government regulations that we're all
> supposed to conform to (in some cases, *have* to conform to) that are
> neither easily accessible nor FREE of charge for all those to whom
> they apply.
>
> I'm thinking here of local building codes in the States (which we do
> *have* to comply with in order to pass the various stages of
> government inspection on all construction and home remodeling
> projects). In this case especially, you need a copy of the code
> on-site, and not buried away in the non-lending "Reference" section of
> your local university library.
>
> In the old, pre-Internet days local governments in the U.S. had at
> least some sort of an excuse because of the cost of printing up the
> standards (and not on recycled paper, either! ;-), but mostly the
> paperwork was costly and copies hard to locate because it was in the
> interests of those profiting from "helping" you comply that this was  
> so.
>
> These days (of supposedly "accountable" and "transparent" government),
> there is absolutely NO excuse for this!
>
>
>> I try to avoid responding
>> to tenders as much as
>> possible.
>
> Amen to that! ;-)
>
> This particular project is my own brainstorm, so I don't have to
> conform to any standard I don't want to, and I obviously won't be
> using costly policy guidelines as a model, either.
>
> I'm more concerned with making real, but gradual, changes where I can,
> and am willing to experiment so as to learn what "green" solutions
> work and what don't for the sorts of things I want to do. Above all, I
> don't want one-size-fits-all regulations, but options & choices so I
> can make my own situational trade-offs.
>
> E.g., if someone can recommend a recycled paper stock that we can use
> for fine art prints & posters, great.
>
> If not, we'll do the best we can with what's available, so as not to
> compromise the integrity of the reproduction ... explain to everyone
> why we made the choices we made ... and keep on looking for "greener"
> approaches & solutions. (E.g., I'm certain that there are plenty of
> trade-offs to be made during the design stages of a poster that would
> make a big difference in the environmental costs of production, and if
> anyone knows what these might be, please do share with us.)
>
> Granted, this kind of piece-meal approach to what is a huge and
> pressing problem is not ideal, but it's the best I can do.
>
> (As they say, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single  
> step.")
>
>
> And ditto for dogs.
>
> As a life-long human partner of dogs, I'm not switching to "pet"
> hamsters or goldfish, either.
>
> And certainly not turning to my neighbors for the sort of
> companionship I enjoy with my dogs. Yikes! what a thought!
>
> (Yes, I finally managed to access the amazon UK link for _Time to Eat
> the Dog?_....)
>
>
> OK, end of rant.
>
> Thanks again to Caroline.
>
> You saved me a lot of wasted time researching this, which I very much
> appreciate! <bg>
>
> Deborah
> _____
>
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