Let's not try to shoehorn use
of metric into a small subset of the available choice of prefixes and units
just to satisfy ... a prejudice against prefixes that aren't
a power of 1000.
But SI is already "prejudiced against prefixes that aren't a power of 1000". There are 20 SI prefixes. A full 16 of them are powers of 1000; only 4 are not. If the in-between prefixes are so mightily useful and so darned convenient, why don't we have prefixes for ALL the powers of ten (see my list below)? Why do so many have no prefix?
0.01 (deci) 0.01 (centi) 0.001 (milli) 0.0001 (no prefix) 0.000 01 (no prefix) 0.000 001 (micro) 0.000 0001 (no prefix) 0.000 000 01 (nor prefix) 0.000 000 001 (nano) 0.000 000 0001 (no prefix) 0.000 000 000 01 (no prefix) etc. and 10 (deka) 100 (hecto) 1000 (kilo) 10 000 (no prefix) 100 000 (no prefix) 1 000 000 (mega) 10 000 000 (no prefix) 100 000 000 (no prefix) 1 000 000 000 (giga) 10 000 000 000 (no prefix) 100 000 000 000 (no prefix) etc.
Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
