25 Mar
2009
25 Mar
'09
12:34 p.m.
On 24 Mar 2009 at 20:15, Tony Duell wrote:
I've not given up -- yet.... These terms have precise meanings, and
misusing them is likely to lead to confusion.
Similarly I get annoyed when people misuse the terms 'mass' and 'weight'
(in fact, last time I was asked for my weight, I gave it in newtons. If
they want to know my mass, they can ask for that!). And 'speed' .vs.
'veloctiy'.
So? The data rate makes no difference to the
concepts. 1 Mbps is not
the same thing as 1Mbaud.
No, but unlike Fred, I've given up. After listening to BBC announcers confuse "lie" and
"lay", "flout" and "flaunt", "flounder"
and "founder" and "who" and "whom", I've concluded that
it's not
worth the effort of being annoyed. Gone are the days of received
standard pronunciation and impeccable grammar.
Oh, alas the BBC is nothing like it was :-(
-tony