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On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:54:13PM -0500, Dave Turner wrote:
> To continue in the vein of the discussion of the last meeting:
>
> <novalis> Right, and which is more standard, in computing generally?
> <Gabriel> novalis: bits.
> <novalis> Lines are done that way, but not connections (i.e. your
> download speed meter in Netscape)
> <Gabriel> novalis: in general refers to all fields, not just end users.
> Hence, bits.
> <novalis> Ok, how many bits is your HD?
> <novalis> Your ram?
> <novalis> a floppy?
> <Peregrine> How many bytes is your HD or Ram?
> <Peregrine> Quick grab your calculator.
>
> I'm willing to debate (on the bytes side, of course) on this.... Anyone
> up for it?
>
> Mark, some variant of this would make a decent advocacy round.
Bits and bytes are both "standard" (whatever that means). It's like
asking which is more standard, inches or miles?
Walt
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