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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:50:13 +0100
From: Andreas Ferber <aferber@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
To: Bob Glamm <glamm@mail.ece.umn.edu>
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Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in	Configure.help.
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 11:43:40AM -0600, Bob Glamm wrote:

> Basic unit of weight:      1 g

Actually the base unit of mass is 1 kg, which relates to history.
See http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html

Andreas
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