Jellby wrote:

> Among other things, Christoph Hormann wrote:
>
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> 3-12 = 21
> 
> The earth reflects 21% more than the moon. Now, 21% is a relative measure, 
> so the question is 21% of what? Daniel meant 21% of the whole original 
> light income, while you're thinking of 21% of the amount of light reflected 
> by the moon (which, obviously, is not correct in this case, as you say).
> 
> Talking about percents can easily be ambiguous. We often hear in the news 
> things like "this year the inflation has been 0.5% higher than last 
> year's", meaning that it was 1% last year and 1.5% this year (and not 
> 1.005%).

Thanks Jellby! I just read this after writing the other message so I'm 
not trying to be redundant; I'm not trying to repeat myself. :-P
-- 
Respectfully,
Dan P
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