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Using "m" and "bn" for millions/billions of currency units is
silly - "£350m", for example is not consistent with how
quantities are represented anywhere else and is confusing,
because "m" is supposed to mean "milli-" or 1/1000. Instead,
£350m should be written as 350M£, $12bn as 12G$, and a
salary of £60,000 should be written as 60k£
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Excellent. While we're about it, can we sort out the capitalization thing? Why is "mega" M and "milli" m, whilst "kilo" is k? |
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We ought to rearrange things so that (a) the same letter is used for the multiple and the reciprocal and (b) uppercase is multiple, and lowercase is reciprocal. So, we would have: |
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gV=nanovolt
mV= microvolt
kV= millivolt
V=volt
KV= kilovolt
MV=megavolt
GV=gigavolt |
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Also, there should be a more consistent relationship between the full name of the multiple and of the reciprocal. So, replace "milli" with "killi", "micro" with "megi" and "nano" with "gigi". |
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Admittedly, hospitalizations might increase during the transition period, but it would be better in the long run. |
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I'm not in favour of changing the names of the
prefixes - keeping to a regime of Ancient Greek for
the positive powers of ten and Latin for the negative
powers of ten is a consistent rule and, crucially,
occasionally allows people with a classical education
an opportunity to show off (because it's no good for
anything else...). |
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True. This probably explains why classicists make such long-lived electricians. |
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In imperial SI, $12bn in single notes, would actually be 12T$. If you were to stack them on end, then place them on your bathroom scale, that would be just about 12Mt. |
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12 million metric tonnes, or mega tonnes, is pretty much the same as the amount of TNT you can put in 45,744,075 barrels. |
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