On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:54:46 G. Stanley Doore wrote: >Although deka and hecto are SI, they are unnecessary. Stick with units in 1 >000s or 1 000ths to simplify use and understanding, particularly by the >general public. >... ? Please allow me to respectfully dispute the 'unnecessary' qualifier you suggested. Actually one should not see this as a matter of necessity, but rather a matter of convenience!
The use of hecto, for instance, does offer attractive conveniences for certain applications, like aviation, real estate, grocery shopping and the likes. Ignoring these advantages would be premature. More recently we have seen another possible nice potential application of the 10 to -4 submultiple (even though it doesn't officially exist!) in the typography business. Therefore, please allow me to suggest that instead of opposing the use of such prefixes that we be more accommodating to the needs of some sectors of our economy and let them use them if need be. Thank you kindly for listening. Cordially, Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
