Oh my ;-)
Usually I have 750k download speed with ADSL 6000. Tony's server just gave
75k. I do not bother with bits or bytes here 8-).
Cheers...Ralf R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "hitchies"> Marcel wrote -
>
> "....Tony's talking about kbit/s, I presume you're talking about kbyte/s.
> 75kb/s is pretty much what can be expected from Tony's DSL upload
> bandwidth. ...."
> ==============
>
> Sorry Marcel, but from this posting I still do not know whether your
> '75kb/s' are kilo-bits or kilo-bytes! ;-)
>
> This [kb-thing] is a very old and well cooked chestnut.
>
> I was relieved a couple of years ago when, from discussions (technical
> publications) I came to the conclusion that the consensus was now that:
>
> Kb/s represented kilo bytes per second
>
> and
>
> kb/s represented kilo-bits per second
>
> Now I'm in the dark again. More light please!! Thanks.
> ==============
>
> All this has brought to mind again an idea.
>
> Recently I read, cover to cover, a national (educational) text book on IT;
> from scratch to 'A' level and I shall not waste time describing the
> horrors
> (contradictions and ambiguity) of the text and of its plentiful 'old'
> exam-board questions. It is its glossary that interests me here. [ The
> discussion above is quite representative of some of the annotations with
> ???'s I have pencilled in there.]
>
> What I propose - for our amusement - is that occasionally I quote on
> *this*
> list from one of the short definitions in that glossary. The implication
> being that I will be throwing it out (to the dog(s)!) to chew over - if
> they
> like. If there is a dog fight, or a howl, I shall wait (and learn) on the
> sidelines. Else; after a decent time I shall throw in another piece of
> meat
> from the same source.
>
> It seems to me that this might benefit all readers - whatever their
> current
> position in the knowledge-stakes. {Remember TV's 'Yes minister'? and
> "how
> do I
> know that I need to know..."!?}
>
> You doggies out there might like to give me your comments on this ......
>
> With best wishes to all for 2007
>
> John in Wales
>
>
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