I am highly amused to see that this includes computer science at large, as well. A quick googling shows we evidently should all switch to kibibytes/etc.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < [email protected]> wrote: > I adopted the term “hillbilly units” as an umbrella term for all these > different kinds of measurement units which are normally used by a > combination of the US and another random third-world country, and it has > made it considerably easier in those situations where one wants to refer to > all those measurements not directly derived from the SI units, but where > one doesn't actually care about which non-standard system it is exactly. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/IlDyE8R-4LMJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
