[USMA:8896] Re: Cribsheet

[Bill Potts]

I guess you didn't read my follow-on message before sending that reply.

I retracted the original statement, which I attribute to a senior moment.
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Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Hooper, Bill and or Barbara
> Sent: 2000, October 31 10:34
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:8894] Re: Cribsheet
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> Bill Hooper wrote:
> >> A system of prefixes that consist only of powers of 1000
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> Bill Potts responded:
> > I think you mean "every 3rd power of 10."
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> I reply:
> "Every third power of ten" is the same thing as "powers of 1000".
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> Bill Hooper
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