The current issue of New Scientist alerted me to a fantastic bit of over indulgence of the sig figs front. Apparently, UK company Photobox offer 250 megabytes of storage space for just £8.50212765957447. Astounding value.

£8.50212765957447 is of course the charge net…

The BBC news site is at it again:

“Britain is preparing for the hottest day of the year with temperatures forecast to reach 36C (96.8F)”

(Gaining a sig fig in the conversion here)

but

“Monday and Tuesday have already seen the two hottest days…