----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mac Canada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:24 PM Subject: Notes from the List Mom
> Three rants about capitalization: > > 1. Memory is RAM, for Random Access Memory. It's not Ram or ram. > > 2. Cycles are abbreviated Hz in honor of Mr. Hertz. KHz, MHz, and GHz are > the correct abbreviations for kilohertz, megahertz, and gigahertz. > > 3. The computer is a Mac, short for Macintosh. MAC stands for the Machine > Address built into ethernet support circuitry. 4. KB/s == kilobytes per second, Kb/s == kilobits per second (note correct usage of K[1024] and not k[1000]) 5. This is Mac-Canada. It's colour, *NOT* color! (Exceptions are names, like Color Classic) 6. There, their and they're. Too, to and two. Learn it, live it, love it. Rob (also a little net-anal) -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
