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Thought you might get a kick out of the entry I saw in a list of jokes:
 
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>> "The ISBN number is all I need.  Its the world standard ! With the
>>ISBN number, I can locate the book on the computer and order it for
>>you"
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>> I handed over the sheet of paper with the details and pointed to
>>the ISBN number.
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>> "Oh, damn, you've got the American ISBN number, and we need the
>> European ISBN number."
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>To convert American ISBN to European ISBN, multiply the American
>ISBN by1.8 and then add 32.
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>--
>Jonathan B. Horen
>Sr. System Administrator
>Applicom Systems, Ltd.
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In case some don't recoginze the formula, its how to convert Celsius
temperatures to Fahrenheit.
 
Debbie Lords
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Marriott Library
University of Utah