On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:01:14AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 09:53:15PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > > The trouble is it isn't standard. SI is a standard; the binary stuff has > > broken it. But it hasn't even broken it consistently; when talking about > > storage we use powers of 2, but when talking about bandwidth we don't. So > > how long will it take me to transfer this file? Beats me. > > You sure about that? If bandwidth isn't base 2, then I *really* suck > at math and still come up with the right answer to "how long will it take?"
Pretty sure. I think what's commonly referred to as a 14.4k modem goes at 14400bps, and I think 10Mbps Ethernet goes at 10 million (10,000,000)bps. But I also saw it on that (physics.nist.gov) website quoted earlier, in the "Historical Context" section. > > And "It's a bad plan to change now" usually also means "It will be worse > > to change later". Just look at the way all you Americans [ducks away from > > Paul] have resisted ditching your obsolete feet, miles, pounds etc. [ducks > > away from every other American]. > > What's with the "All you?" First off, I'm Oregonian, not American. I'm aware of your history of claiming Oregon isn't part of America. This was intended as a humourous dig, hence all the [duck]ing. I apologise if no smiley was inferred from that - or if this is too serious an issue for you to joke about. Same deal with bundling all Americans together for the second part. > Second, given that I've been planning for far longer than America's > currently messed up national situation to emigrate, To Canada, right? Which last I heard was in North America and hence America. Just not in the US. Note that I have no disagreement with you _wanting_ to be disassociated with America; accepting reality is a different issue. > > > I've never seen anybody use that definition of a megabyte, it's always > > > been the (incorrect) 1,000,000 bytes or the (correct) 1,048,576 bytes. > > > > Never seen a 1.44MB floppy? That's actually 1440kB, or 1440 * 1024 bytes. > > I don't count marketroids as people, Ah, that reality thing again :-) > But I did forget about the floppy manufacturers pulling the same BS > that the hard drive guys are. The HDD guys have the excuse that they're following a standard. But a 1.44Mb floppy is a weird mixture. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
