At 23:34 16-03-1999 -0800, you wrote:
From Edupage:
COMING TO TERMS WITH BYTES
<snipectomy>
That has got to be the DUMBest idea I've seen come along in years!
Are we sure this isn't one of the (in)famous Urban Legends?
I'm going to see if I can get in touch with NIST today to try and verify
or disprove it. I agree with others -- it sounds like something straight
out of a kid's nonsense vocabulary. Specifically, it sounds like something
straight out of either 'Barney' or the 'Teletubbies.'
You don't want to get me started about either. ;-)
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