4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
6:49 a.m.
! From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com]
......
! They should coin a new term for a fake Megabyte (i.e.
! something other than 1024 ^ 2). Call it a "Maybebyte".
!
! That wasn't funny.
!
! Sellam Ismail
I thought it was. Or am I that weird?
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5 Jan
5 Jan
5:50 a.m.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Yah! I coined a new term.
You heard it here first ;)
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They should
coin a new term for a fake Megabyte (i.e.
something other than 1024 ^ 2). Call it a "Maybebyte".
That wasn't funny.
Yes it was.
And I am now going to use that in some of my classes, when I explain what
a Megabyte is. 
4 Jan
4 Jan
9:14 a.m.
! From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo@siconic.com]
......
! They should coin a new term for a fake Megabyte (i.e.
! something other than 1024 ^ 2). Call it a "Maybebyte".
!
! That wasn't funny.
!
! Sellam Ismail
I thought it was. Or am I that weird?
Maybebyte and Mebibyte aren't that much different sounding either
Jeff
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