From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 6 23: 0:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0E637B404; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 22:59:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 4F952FC5; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:59:55 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:59:55 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Wilko Bulte Cc: Greg Lehey , Jens Schweikhardt , Garrett Wollman , chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Abbreviating units (was: cvs commit: src/sys/isa sio.c) Message-ID: <20020107005955.F23043@over-yonder.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5-fullermd.1i In-Reply-To: <20020107075730.A9089@freebie.xs4all.nl>; from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:57:30AM +0100 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [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