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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [RFC] SI Units in KDE
From:       Ryan Cumming <ryan () completely ! kicks-ass ! org>
Date:       2002-09-19 21:47:12
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On September 19, 2002 14:40, Neil Stevens wrote:
> Leaving it alone won't bother that 99%, and will hamper the 1% who *do*
> know and are accustomed to the standard industry practice.

The problem is that it -is- bothering the 99%. Okay, not all of the 99%, but 
Engineers, Physicists, Chemists, and other people with non-IT technical 
backgrounds are confused by this "pseudo-SI" convention. That's why the IEEE 
created the new notation.

- -Ryan
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