On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 04:38:16PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:50:27PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > >>Mike McCarty wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Well, I used to work as a watchmaker, and I can't think of any > >>>context where "KB" stands together as written with "K" meaning > >>>"karat". > >>That's not surprising--in SI, the prefix is the scale factor, and > >>the remainder is the unit. I don't think there are any unit symbols > >>that have multiple uppercase letters. > > > >Is Hz for Hertz not standard? > > Yes, it is standard. Why do you ask? It's certainly not a unit symbol > with multiple uppercase letters. > > Daniel
Ah! Missed the word "uppercase". -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
