I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor <ken.ja...@emccompliance.com> wrote (in <0h4j00egvta...@mtaout03.icomcast.net>) about 'definitions?' on Fri, 25 Oct 2002: >Excellent point. Don't the Brits refer to 1,000,000,000 as a milliard, or >is that continental usage only?
Continental. Forget the old 'Imperial' billion; it's not compatible with metric prefixes and should be allowed to fade away. If in doubt, write 10^9. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
