Well, if they go with the "hella" prefix, they'll need the inverse prefix as 
well (for 10 ** -27). 

I propose "wayo" as a derivation of "nowayo" ..... that is, "no way, oh!" 
(Like, how can something be that small??? Also from California. ;-) 

-- Ezra 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Trusten" <[email protected]> 
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:06:41 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [USMA:46808] New SI prefix? 


Ten to the positive twenty-seventh power in SI? 

See http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/02/mega-giga-tera-hella/ 

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