Thanks for the belly laugh, Spiko!
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-extropians@extropy.com [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.com] On
Behalf Of Spike Jones
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 12:34 AM
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: English Schminglish
Don Klemencic wrote:
> Does anyone remember the prefixs for plo 21, plo 24, mi 21 and mi 24? Two
> begin with 'y' and two begin with 'z' and one of them is called "yocto". I
> could never get them to stick in my memory.
Y (yotta) 1.0E+24
Z (zetta) 1.0E+21
E (exa) 1.0E+18
P (peta) 1.0E+15
T (tera) 1.0E+12
G (giga) 1.0E+09
M (mega) 1.0E+06
k (kilo) 1.0E+03
h (hecto) 1.0E+02
da (deka) 1.0E+01
d (deci) 1.0E-01
c (centi) 1.0E-02
m (milli) 1.0E-03
µ (micro) 1.0E-06
n (nano) 1.0E-09
p (pico) 1.0E-12
f (femto) 1.0E-15
a (atto) 1.0E-18
z (zepto) 1.0E-21
y (yocto) 1.0E-24
s (spiko) 1.0E-google
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