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18th December 2008

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ragbag: per mil, for mills one of my favourite pieces of punctuation is the per mil sign. it’s basically the percent sign’s older, more roly-poly uncle. whereas percent indicates parts per hundred, per mil indicates parts per thousand. one would think this to be useful but i have never encountered it in the wild. perhaps the greatest application of the per mil sign is in creating deception. ie. bush’s approval rating soars to 92‰ “don’t worry ma, i scored a solid 80‰ on my bio exam.” anywho, you can get the per mil sign FOR FREE by hitting ALT+0137 (or option+shift+r) on your keyboard. have fun with this.

ragbag:

per mil, for mills

one of my favourite pieces of punctuation is the per mil sign. it’s basically the percent sign’s older, more roly-poly uncle. whereas percent indicates parts per hundred, per mil indicates parts per thousand. one would think this to be useful but i have never encountered it in the wild.

perhaps the greatest application of the per mil sign is in creating deception. ie.

  • bush’s approval rating soars to 92‰
  • “don’t worry ma, i scored a solid 80‰ on my bio exam.”

anywho, you can get the per mil sign FOR FREE by hitting ALT+0137 (or option+shift+r) on your keyboard. have fun with this.

  1. eddycurrent reblogged this from taf and added:
    Wow, this could be useful in my Power Systems calculations.
  2. thumbwrestlinginbaltimore reblogged this from taf and added:
    Best thing I’ve learned today. Except when I learned that Sparks does not taste like the milk leftover after fruit loops...
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