This is an English/American thing based off the ROMAN Numerals. I = 1 V = 5 X = 10 L = 50 C = 100 M = 1000
2003 is written: MMIII 9 is written: IX 40 is written: XL 80 is written: LXXX 1990 is written: MCMXC 1998 is written: MCMXCVIII You used to see Roman Numerals used on the movie credits for the year all the time if they were MGM movies, but it has been dropped pretty much now. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Hamish Marson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Calculate 1 MB in TSM Seay, Paul wrote: >Yeah, Roman numeral "M" is a 40+ year practice that sales people used >at the wholesale and manufacturing levels as kind of a shorthand for >1000. As they have migrated to computers this has mostly gone away >because the quantity fields only supported "ea" items standing for >"each". > > In which country? I've never seen M used as a thousand. Only k (Lower case). H -- I don't suffer from Insanity... | Linux User #16396 I enjoy every minute of it... | | http://www.travellingkiwi.com/ |
