On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:23:02AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > > To put it into perspective, what we think of the Metric system is what the > > rest of the world thinks of English measure. A gigabyte is 1024 MB, not > > 1000, dammit! > > > Really? There is a metric byte-system? I've never heard of such a thing. I > even live in Canada and use the metric system! > > Which in and of itself is interesting: It all comes from the French Revolution > ( which means it is a metre, not a meter (that's the inversion of re and er, > by the bye.).).
A metre is a unit of length. A meter is a measuring instrument. in English anyway, even though in French both of them are metre. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
