[NCLUG] AUP, DHCP, and AT&T

Michael Dwyer mdwyer at sixthdimension.com
Tue Dec 11 11:02:32 MST 2001


Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:39:49PM -0700, Matt Pujol wrote:
> > At risk of starting a meaningless thread on units designation, I have to
> > ask - is it appropriate to use a lower-case k to denote kilo (1000) or and
> > upper-case K?
> 
> yes.  upper case K is named for Lord Kelvin and denotes temperature in
> the SI units.

*Lord* Kelvin?  I didn't vote for him!  :P

Actually, I have heard some people trying to pass of the idea that

 k == 1000
 K == 1024

I'm not sure I buy it.  It all reeks of lying about hard drive specs. :)



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