17 Mar
1999
17 Mar
'99
10:56 a.m.
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Great, let's solve an annoying but minor issue with
a majorly annoying and
hard to pronounce prefix system. Whoever came up with these should be
dragged out into the middle of the street and beat with a crowbar. They
obviously watch too many children's television shows. I don't know where
else one would come up with such stupid prefixes.
Actually, besides the stupid-sounding prefixes, I think it is a good idea.
There are a lot of consumers confused by the 1000 vs. 1024 issue, as are
manufacturers and marketers. I think it might be better to have adopted a
logarithmic system where a prefix is used to indicate the power of two.
However, I can't currently think of any names for these prefixes that
wouldn't sound profoundly stupid.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)