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Re: units: k, K, kibi

At 13:46 10/1/99 +0000, Barlow wrote:
... What does spelling have to do with units? I know I can't
spell, but I think I can convert units! WBN
Barlow Newbolt

It was a small point but a telling one, and only the unkind
would call it a nit-pick. So as a specialist in these matters
(nit-picks, that is) allow me to expand Jim's point.

He commented:
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--like chasing a Y2K bug!

Speaking of units -- some of us continue to misspell Y2k. (:-)

Jim Green
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And you will recall that a kindly elder statesman of this group,
no, it was in fact I, mentioned recently that the ..er..
US Customary way of differentiating X1000 from X1024 was by
referring to them respectively as k- versus K-something.

At least until kibis came along.....

So Y2K implies ( to the eagle-eyed) Year 2048 AD

Clear as mud?

Oh well...




brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK