Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

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M.Fee@irl.cri.nz (Mike Fee) writes:

>Be aware Whein, that "kilo" (derived from the Greek) is the official SI unit
>prefix to denote 1000 units.

except of course when talking about computers where kilo becomes 1024
times whatever it prefixes... (just thought I would add my bit to clear
things up :-)

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