"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:31:04 +0100, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > (who uses fractional ZIP codes, btw?) > > Well, I can't speak for Americans, but here in Australia we > typically give our post codes to six decimal places: > > Melbourne 3000.000000 > Brunswick 3056.000000 > Clifton Hill 3068.000000 > Sydney 2000.000000 > St Johns Park 2176.000000
Yeah, I know. As soon as that legislation came in, I started giving the *precision* they asked for, with my own choice of *accuracy*, just to mess with their damned totalitarian databases. Melbourne 3000.000000 Brunswick 3000.000000 Clifton Hill 3000.000000 But you try to tell people overseas about this legislation, and they just don't believe you. -- \ "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one | `\ trifling exception, is composed of others." -- John Andrew | _o__) Holmes | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
