Date:	Sat, 21 Jan 1995 14:53:45 +0900
From:	Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
To:	UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU
Cc:	DJGPP AT Sun DOT SOE DOT Clarkson DOT EDU
Subject:	K and k

   >As long as beliefs are in question, I deeply believe that in SI
   >capital letter are used for positive powers of ten (D,H,K,M,G,T) and
   >miniscule for negative (d,c,m,mu,n,p,a,f

   'Fraid not.  deca is `da' [D is unused(!)], hecto is `h', and kilo
   is `k'.  In terms of the symbol `K,' however, it does make sense
   for K to be 1024 whereas k is 1000; of course, this breaks down
   with M, G, T (and P, E, Z, and Y...) but it does look better
   followed by `B.'

   --- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) -=- httyp!

Well, I'm being awfully serious here in Japan these last few days.
Just couldn't resist the opportunity to embarrass myself in public.
-- 
Steve

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