Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:59:55 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Abbreviating units (was: cvs commit: src/sys/isa sio.c) Message-ID: <20020107005955.F23043@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20020107075730.A9089@freebie.xs4all.nl>; from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:57:30AM %2B0100 References: <200201060458.g064w9626629@freefall.freebsd.org> <200201060550.g065oGn35131@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20020106152104.A4955@schweikhardt.net> <20020107105949.H45844@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020106173721.A3043@colnta.acns.ab.ca> <20020107075730.A9089@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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[Over to -chat, where it definately belongs] On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:57:30AM +0100 I heard the voice of Wilko Bulte, and lo! it spake thus: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 05:37:21PM -0700, Chad David wrote: > > > > I've always written 'L' for litres, and my milk says 4L > > (the container beside it say 475mL) if that means anything :). > > L is not correct, l is. SI says one should use m^3 for volumes but that > never stuk for milk and the like ;) Well, it almost did... after all, a litre is 1 cubic decimeter... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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