That piece of horse equipment is called a bit in the US too. But the point stands: most people don't use "bit" on a daily basis other than referring to "a little bit of <something>."
-----Original Message----- From: Wladimir [mailto:laa...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:27 AM To: Chris Pacia Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Chris Pacia <ctpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The term bit is really only overloaded for those who are techy. 95% of > the population never uses the term bit in their daily lives and I > doubt most could even name one use of the term. > Plus bit used to be a unit of money way back when, so this is kind of > reclaiming it. I think it's a great fit. That's a very anglocentric way of thinking. Here in the Netherlands, a "bit" is something you put in a horses's mouth. It's also used as imported word (in the information sense). We've never used the term for money. Wladimir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
