Some years ago, I was doing a simulation of a Navy sonar display program and was reporting processing and other times in milliseconds using the accepted SI and Navy symbols "ms". Many Americans persist in using "msec". I tried to get various engineers up to speed in SI usage by telling them "No more secs" which always brougt a laugh but no change. I was using a young computer science graduate to do the detailed simulation programming who persisted in saying "M-secs". I don't think she ever under stood that we were dealing with seconds of time.
Marion Moon ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:14:37 PM PST From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:36382] common units In pharmacy, milliters are usually spoken of as "EMM ELLS." Sometimes, "mills." The term "cc," however, is pretty well gone from our vocabulary. Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Editor, "Metric Today" U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness." ---Franz Kafka
