Generally one puts numbers on the bits....

Yes counting bits- the only use is for accounting for pieces.

One should expect more from a report- one should be able to visualize the 
assemblage. Again one can do this with individual artifact mapping and 
photograpy but also very time consuming.

Do reports have to be of only very limited utility because people wont 
insist or pay to do it right?

Conrad

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Leavitt
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Counting bits

Counting bits has one major use. When someone in future is skimming
thru your catalog looking for samples of specific materials the
number of bits, combined with the overall weight, provides clues
about what to expect in a specific bag. That may help them to decide
whether to pull that specific package of bits right now, later, or
not at all. And a minor use - if/when vandals (or a tornado...) hit
your storage area, you will have some idea which bits were originally
packaged together.

Robert