Kilo, mega, giga, mille, centi etc all derive from latin or greek and are international SI prefixes laid down centuries ago Martin Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx Sender: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:32:26 To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [DML] Re: JZD Was Brilliant! Thanks for the explanation, but we are not on a metric system. The Roman Numerals are much closer to our system then metrics. Gary Masie ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Lucas Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:48 pm Subject: Re: [DML] Re: JZD Was Brilliant! To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Mar 15, 2012, at 3:33 PM, gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > The Roman Numeral "M" equals 1,000. 100M is 100,000. Why they > use "K" for thousand, I do not understand. > > They aren't roman numerals, they are metric prefixes. K = > "kilo" = 1000. M = "mega" = 1,000,000 G = "giga", as in > Jigawatts". :-) > > --Pete Lucas > VIN #06703 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/