Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 22:05:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: K and k
To: turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>As long as beliefs are in question, I deeply believe that in SI
>capital letter are used for positive powers of ten (D,H,K,M,G,T) and
>miniscule for negative (d,c,m,mu,n,p,a,f
'Fraid not.  deca is `da' [D is unused(!)], hecto is `h', and kilo is `k'.
In terms of the symbol `K,' however, it does make sense for K to be 1024
whereas k is 1000; of course, this breaks down with M, G, T (and P, E, Z, and
Y...) but it does look better followed by `B.'

--- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) -=- httyp!
-=*=-Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.-=*=-
Geek code 2.1 [finger hayden AT vax1 DOT mankato DOT msus DOT edu for explanation]: 
 GCS/M/S d(-) H s g+ p? !au a-- w+ v+ C++(+++)>++++ UL++(-)(S+)>++++ P++ 
 L+(++) 3(-) E-(----) !N>++ K- W-(---) M-(--) V(--) po-(--) Y+(++) t(+) !5 j R 
 G tv--(-) b+++ !D(--) B--(---) e>++++(*) u++(@) h!() f(+) r-(--)>+++ n+(-) y?