Units of measure (Was: discrete transistors

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Mon Oct 19 21:04:18 1998

>MegaHz 10^6, milliHz 10^-3. aka typo. however part of standard usage
>would dictate MHZ and mhz being the same unless the context was extremely
>slow events.

Yeahbut the same people who put "mhz" in ads are the same folks who
talk about the "ASC-2" character sets and "DB-9" connectors. Just
because they're common errors doesn't mean that I'm going to repeat them.

(Reminds me of Bill Kavanagh at Caltech, who pointed out the
silliness of the phrase "partial vacuum" repeatedly... I'll completely
leave out the concept of "vacuum leak"!)

Tim.
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 21:04:18 BST

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