Hello Alexander,

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:29:47 +0200 GMT (06/10/2004, 00:29 +0700 GMT),
Alexander S. Kunz wrote:

ASK>>> Tsk tsk tsk... at the time the abbreviation "CPS" was formed, there
ASK>>> was no such newish modern stylish thing as double-byte characters.

ASK> ^^^ that was meant as a joke... :)

Think about it. I was pretty amazed when I found out that Chinese can
be written with a standard keyboard. Maybe that started around the
time DBCS were invented?

ASK> But then again, "BPS" (or bps) is already taken, too: as bits-per-second.
ASK> Its very common in the fax/modem world... making it KB/S (as for example in
ASK> Opera when it is retrieving a page) would be better - with more and more
ASK> broadband connections, who's counting characters, anyway? :-)

You have a point. Please add to https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=1044

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Cheers,
Thomas.

Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

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