Hear, hear, Jim. Thanks for the very opportune contribution! Marcus
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:21:27 James Frysinger wrote: >Forgive me for joining this conversation so late in its progress. I've been on >vacation. > >To reinforce what some others have said I would like to clearly state that the >purpose of the prefixes for binary multiples is to provide, in a >consensus-based standard, a set of non-SI prefixes that can and should be >used where others have previously misused SI prefixes. > >IEEE has a strong policy on the proper use of the SI in its standards (and >publications) and we were therefore obligated to meet the need for prefixes >for binary multiples, else to weaken our policy and allow the continued >misuse of SI prefixes. Being in the position to do so, we have published IEEE >Std 1541, which very closely mirrors an IEC standard of that nature. > >SInce these prefixes for binary multiples "protect" the SI prefixes, it is in >the USMA's best interest, I feel, to help promulgate them and to put them up >to those who continue to misuse SI prefixes. Now you can say, "Here is a set >of consensus-derived prefixes that you ought to be using instead of misusing >the SI prefixes." > >Therefore this matter is not "off-topic" here, in my opinion. > >Jim > >-- >James R. Frysinger >Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist >Senior Member, IEEE > >http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > >Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
