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Message-ID: <m33b64iglm.fsf@ursa.amorsen.dk> Date: 21 Jan 2007 15:45:09 +0100 From: Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2) >>>>> "BE" == Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> writes: BE> 1) This change isn't nescensary - any sane person will know that BE> it's not a SI unit. You wouldn't talk about megabananas == 1000000 BE> bananas and expect to be taken seriously. What about megaparsec? I have also seen graphs delimited in megayears. Millibar, that's another one. Not that I would have any problems talking about megabananas, if I ever had to deal with that many bananas. /Benny - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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