metric version of 1000?

[Julian Field]

You have to laugh about this thread, I knew it would happen.
I say something as simple as state that 10x10x10=1000 and people get  
uppity about it.
:-)

Enough guys. 1000 = 1E3, not 2E10. Check the arithmetic with your  
calculator, I think you'll find I'm right :-)

And whatever anyone says about the ability of my calculator to do  
basic arithmetic that any 7-year old child can do, I ain't changin'  
it...

On 2 May 2006, at 10:24, James Gray wrote:

> On Tue, 2 May 2006 06:58 pm, Glenn Steen wrote:
>
>> Why are you all "upset" about this?
>
> Are you replying to me?  Or Jeff Earickson?  Three things:
> 1. I was reinforcing Julian's choice of using base-10 instead of  
> base-2
>    multipliers.  I AGREE WITH JULIAN.
> 2. I didn't mention anything about hard drive.
> 3. I'm not bent out of shape about this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
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