Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag

From: Anthony Rhodes <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 06:49:47 -0400

In the old days "M" DID stand for "000", but maybe in the very early 70's it got standardized to K for "kilo"

This is one of the changes that cause a break in the rules that the letter for the power of 10 is the same and the capitalization indicated the sign of the exponent, eg 10  to the third power would be a capital letter and 10 to the negative third power would the the same letter in lower case.  

Now the letters are determined by the Greek  ( or is it Latin?) designation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it clear, you also have to use the Greek letter, such as for "micro". 

-Tony

Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine

> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:50:36 -0700
> From: "Lee&John Howard" <[email-masked]>
> To: Brad Kahler <[email-masked]>
> Cc: triumph list list <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag
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> Doesn't M stand for 000?

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From: Geo Hahn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 07:36:05 -0700

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On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Now the letters are determined by the Greek  ( or is it Latin?)
> designation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it
> clear, you also have to use the Greek letter, such as for "micro".
>

At least we finally agreed on how much is a billion.  That only took a
century or two to settle.

Geo

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From: "Randall" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 07:36:16 -0700

> Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine

Wish I had one of those!
<G>

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From: "Lee&John Howard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:14:24 -0700

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So there you have it. I am from the "old days" sand guess I am still living
in them. But I had no idea of the source of the "M's". Thank you for the
info!
John

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <[email-masked]> wrote:

> This is one of the changes that cause a break in the rules that the letter
> for the power of 10 is the same and the capitalization indicated the sign
> of the exponent, eg 10  to the third power would be a capital letter and 10
> to the negative third power would the the same letter in lower case.
>

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ot; sand guess I am still living in them. But I had no idea of the source o=
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6 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:spamia=
[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<=
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:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the old days &quot;M&quot; DID stand f=
or &quot;000&quot;, but maybe in the very early 70&#39;s it got standardize=
d to K for &quot;kilo&quot;<br>
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for the power of 10 is the same and the capitalization indicated the sign o=
f the exponent, eg 10=C2=A0 to the third power would be a capital letter an=
d 10 to the negative third power would the the same letter in lower case.<b=
r>
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Now the letters are determined by the Greek=C2=A0 ( or is it Latin?) design=
ation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it clear, yo=
u also have to use the Greek letter, such as for &quot;micro&quot;.<br>
<br>
-Tony<br>
<br>
Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine<br>
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&gt; To: Brad Kahler &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">bkahler1@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Cc: triumph list list &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">t=
[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag<br>
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&gt; Doesn&#39;t M stand for 000?<br>
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