Eduard Bloch wrote: > Hallo, > * Bob Proulx [Sat, Feb 09 2013, 11:44:03AM]: > > You say "tomato", I say "tomahto". You can make your own divider the > > number 34,969[1] if you like. > > Wow, someone trying to disguise the own mistaken convention as pure > matter of preference? > > > For me I prefer binary powers of two when using it in relation to > > computer tasks. > > You can prefer whatever you want but the means of reliable communication > are unambiguous terms. EOD. > > Some dudes in nineteen-seventies didn't get it and another generation of > dudes is still trying to protect those "values" even perfectly knowing > they are wrong.
Wow. My response pulled you in to post on debian-user! It has been a while. Good to see you here. For anyone who gets upset by the topic I will only offer this following treatise as highly recommended reading. On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace http://www.ietf.org/rfc/ien/ien137.txt Bob
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