-----Original Message----- From: Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 26, 2002 15:55 Subject: [USMA:19674] Re: No rounding article
>Bill Hooper wrote: >> Sorry about the slip-up above. That should have been: >> >> 1 light-year = about 10 petametres (10 Pt) > >I guess it's getting very slippery around here. Pt should be Pm (which you >got right on a subsequent line). <g> I have often derided the grotesque parochial patois of the Oil (and Gas) Patch. There is a danger that SI, with all its fancy prefixes, will be regarded with equal disdain by the FFU fraternity. I grant that Pm, Tm, nm etc. can be handy for specialists where such numbers are dealt with frequently. D. >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
