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 Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
