Re: [DML] Re: JZD Was Brilliant!

["Martin Gutkowski" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kilo, mega, giga, mille, centi etc all derive from latin or greek and are international SI prefixes laid down centuries ago

Martin
 
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:32:26 
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Subject: Re: [DML] Re: JZD Was Brilliant!

Thanks for the explanation, but we are not on a metric system. The Roman Numerals are much closer to our system then metrics.

Gary Masie

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Lucas 
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:48 pm
Subject: Re: [DML] Re: JZD Was Brilliant!
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> 
> On Mar 15, 2012, at 3:33 PM, gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > The Roman Numeral "M" equals 1,000. 100M is 100,000. Why they 
> use "K" for thousand, I do not understand.
> 
> They aren't roman numerals, they are metric prefixes. K = 
> "kilo" = 1000. M = "mega" = 1,000,000 G = "giga", as in 
> Jigawatts". :-)
> 
> --Pete Lucas
> VIN #06703
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