On Wed, 1 May 2002 18:06:08   
 Wizard of OS wrote:
>I dont understand what this prof is upset about?!
>
I didn't say HE was upset (or even I...), but rather that we had a 'heated 
discussion'.  I was defending the things I described here and he was counter-arguing 
and disagreeing with them.

>milli ist just 10^-3, it is just a scale for convenience
>
We all know that from a *practical* perspective.  The thing though is to demonstrate 
that prefixes are NOT "conversion factors".  And I humbly believe this to be the case 
(I'll try showing that in another post).

>what would you prefer to write 1 000 000 Byte or 1 Megabye?
>
>you choose!
>...
Evidently, no argument here.  :-)

Marcus


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