From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 07:24:17 MDT
http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html
...found it.
Of particular Sinocultural interest is a link found therein to
http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html#Mandarin
...
Which has been reported by some to have had three levels,
ostensibly 0.99, 0.9999, and 0.999999(!)--
corresponding to ordinary public service, Mandarin, and Inspector.
Be sure to read that section carefully; the above has been reported
by some to have been, shall we say, elastic.
<covers face, weeping> Oh, not another thread contaminated by
the R word!
MMB
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