Re: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"

From: Gareth (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:28:17 +0100

Pooh Bear wrote:
> Kevin Aylward wrote:
>
>
>>Does any one remember the complaints I got in writing db instead of Db,
>>or was it DB, like who really cares a ***?
>
>
> It's dB actually and I care. So there !
>
> FYI - an easy way to remember which to capitalise is as follows.
>
> Units are upper case with the exception of metres, grams and seconds (
> curious since they're fundamental ones ).

I think that's because the fundamental units are not named after people,
whereas most (all?) of the other units are (e.g. Bell after Alexander
Graham Bell).

Gareth 

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