Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "BE" == Bodo Eggert <7eggert@xxxxxx> 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


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