Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:43:14 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weed-whacking sysctl(8) Message-ID: <AANLkTinaEz7oB=bfYEKwHjvNSMmdq4H3g=Puy3focJ9o@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201101201830.p0KIUFx9067555@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-arch/AANLkTimMsy9J5Ohj0pifZ%2B9L4_mFq5z2FwUhG8y5%2B3Kh@mail.gmail.com> <mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-arch/201101191559.07713.jhb@freebsd.org> <mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-arch/20110120190703.H11630@besplex.bde.org> <201101201830.p0KIUFx9067555@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <mit.lcs.mail.freebsd-arch/20110120190703.H11630@besplex.bde.o= rg>, > Bruce Evans writes: > >>Also, it's not Kelvin, but deci-Kelvin :-). > > If we're being pedantic, the name of the unit is the "kelvin", > lowercase "k", and the derived unit is the "decikelvin", lowercase "k" > and no hyphen. =A0The unit symbol is "K" (uppercase) for the base unit, > "dK" for the derived unit. =A0All SI unit names are in lower case; only > the symbols are (sometimes) capitalized if the unit is named after a > proper noun. =A0(Thus the symbol for the second is "s"; the symbol "S" > is for the Siemens, the unit of conductivity formerly called the > "mho".) <off-topic> Tunables support mixed-case units incorrectly as well, i.e. 1. 'g' / 'G' -> 'giga' 2. 'm' / 'M' -> 'mega' 3. 'k' / 'K' -> 'kilo' Something that Bruce brought up in another email thread with me. </off-topic> Thanks, -Garrett
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