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From: suhina@kodak.UUCP (brian suhina)
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Subject: Re: scientific prefixes
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 13:10:49 EST
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> >One of my favorite units of measure is the femtoparsec, or about 19
> >miles.  ("I commute .6 femtoparsecs a day....")
> 
> I'm partial to the microyear, also called half-a-minute.  You can get
> odd looks when you say "I'll be back in three or four microyears."
> 
> (There are exactly pi * 10^7 seconds in a year.)  (Well, maybe not
> exactly, but it's easy to remember.)

Next time someone gives you an "atto-boy" for a job well done, remember
it is          -18  of a boy. ( Don't ask which part 8-)
          1 x 10

Brian Suhina              ...!rochester!kodak!suhina