[R-390] KC KHz and SI units

[Richard Loken]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Roy Morgan wrote:

> By the way, if you want to learn all about how to specify units in 
> standardized form, see this link:

Hey Roy, I don't need any list.  I know all the SI units by heart:

    10^12 microphones      =        1 megaphone
    10^12 pins             =        1 terrapin
    10^-12 picolos         =        1 pico-boulevard
    10^21 picolos          =        1 gigolo
    10 rations             =        1 decoration
    10 millipedes          =        1 centipede
    1 centipede/second     =        1 velocipede
    3-1/3 tridents         =        1 decadent
    5 holocausts           =        1 pentecost
    10^6 bicycles          =        2 megacycles
    10^9 micrometers       =        1 kilometer = 200 pentameters
    10 monologues          =        5 dialogues = 1 decalogue
    2 X 10^3 millinaries   =        4 seminaries (*) = 1 binary
    10^-5 dollars          =        1 millicent
    1 milli-Helen          =        the amount of beauty required to
                                    launch one ship
    nano nano              =        a prefix designating 10^18

Courtesy of Earl Rogers in "EE Times" 17-Aug-1981

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   Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS  
   Athabasca University
   Athabasca, Alberta Canada
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