Re: Dialix Flat Rate is poor value.

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From: Bernd Felsche
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 00:00

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In <5a7itb$fvu@godzilla.zeta.org.au> nick@zeta.org.au (Nick Andrew) writes:

>In <E361Bu.2AK@metapro.com.au> bernie@metapro.com.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:

>>"mega" (M) is the metric prefix which means 10^6 (million)

>Yep,

>>"milli" (m) is the metric prefix which means 10^-6 (millionth)
>>[I won't digress into the others.]

>Nope, "milli" means 10^-3 (thousandth); one-millionth is "micro" and
>the abbreviation is the Greek letter 'mu' (close enough to 'u' in ASCII).

Oh dopey me... of course milli is 10^-3 <slap>
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Bernd Felsche {speaking for himself}
MetaPro Systems Pty Ltd, 130 Fauntleroy Avenue,
Redcliffe, Western Australia 6104
Phone: +61 9 479 3722    Fax: +61 9 479 3720

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From: bernie@metapro.com.au (Bernd Felsche)
Subject: Re: Dialix Flat Rate is poor value.
Date: 1996/12/31
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