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Off-topic, I know, but are we calling 2008 "2k8" now? Is last decade the 2k's?

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• chaosmatic 13y ago
  I believe the practice starts with resistors, and because of differences in use of . and , and the fact they are hard to tell apart, the units are placed in stead of the . ie 1,500 ohm -> 1k5 ohm
  • Ives 13y ago
    Exactly, which means 2k8 is actually 2800, and not 2008.
    • javert 13y ago
      Knowing nothing about resistors, though, 2k8 intuitively means 2008. So I like this way of doing it.
      • ZoF 13y ago
        Really? Because I would prefer "2008" to "2k8"... It's literally one more character...
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        • javert 13y ago
          For written communication, yes. For verbal communication, the 2000s can be a bit burdensome to pronounce.
    • raggiskula 13y ago
      I look at the k as a algebric constant, i.e. SI prefix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_prefixes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_prefixes so 2k8 is 2000 +8, 2k1da3 would be 2013
    • mcosta 13y ago
      2k8=16000
    • theorique 13y ago
      Wouldn't that be 2.8k? The way people seem to reckon it is 2k8 = 2 * 1000 + 8 = 2008 On the other hand, if it were 2k8h then it would be 2800 (2 kilo, 8 hecto).
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  • ksrm 13y ago
    Slightly different in that case, as Ives has pointed out. For example, 4k7 = 4.7 kilohms. Extra zeros are significant, e.g. 4k700 = 4.700 kilohms.
• theorique 13y ago
  Sports video games have been doing this for years. e.g. http://www.ign.com/games/nba-2k8/xbox-360-866314 http://www.ign.com/games/nba-2k8/xbox-360-866314
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• ANTSANTS 13y ago
  …or as I've recently taken to calling it, 2k plus 8.
• lostlogin 13y ago
  I'd always hoped they would be known as the naughties.
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