From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help.
Date: 21 Dec 2001 21:51:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1008989468.807.2.camel@thanatos> (raw)
Timothy Covell wrote:
> one inch = 1 thumb = 1 pouce
Unfortunately that was not the case, since each country
had its own standards of measurement. It wasn't even
true that "1 inch = 1 inch", let alone "1 pint = 1 pint".
> So, the English units were more attuned to nature.
It's true that in some applications units that are divided
in half, rather than in ten, are more convenient.
Carpentry is one example.
> Farhenheit units are smaller so that they make more
> convenient divisions
That's a matter of familiarity. Can you even tell the
difference between 65 degrees and 66 degrees?
> Why is it CH when only 30% speak French
I dunno. But CH abbreviates "Confoederatio Helvetica" which is,
I believe, Latin.
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2001-12-22 2:51 Thomas Hood [this message]
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2002-03-19 14:20 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Pete Cervasio
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2002-03-18 17:38 ` Jakob Kemi
2002-03-18 18:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2002-03-18 19:31 ` Chris Friesen
2002-03-18 22:04 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-18 22:12 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-19 11:48 ` Remco Post
2002-03-18 17:04 ` Steven Cole
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2002-01-08 22:15 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2002-01-08 23:03 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-23 9:18 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 16:34 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-22 23:22 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 7:21 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-23 13:35 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22 8:39 matthew david reuther
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2001-12-21 22:55 Stuart Lynne
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2001-12-22 1:48 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 4:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2001-12-22 7:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22 18:22 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 19:54 ` Derek Fawcus
2001-12-22 2:11 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 4:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-22 4:55 ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2001-12-22 5:29 ` Ryan Cumming
2001-12-22 5:53 ` Timothy Covell
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2001-12-22 10:53 ` Pekka Pietikäinen
2001-12-21 11:44 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Christian Groessler
2001-12-21 12:50 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 14:40 ` Reid Hekman
2001-12-21 14:48 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-26 19:04 ` Riley Williams
2001-12-21 15:48 ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-21 16:07 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 17:43 ` Bob Glamm
2001-12-21 20:50 ` Andreas Ferber
2001-12-20 19:25 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-20 21:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-12-21 23:05 ` Rob Landley
2001-12-20 19:13 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 19:41 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 16:59 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-21 17:50 ` Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 18:41 ` Kent Borg
2001-12-21 18:49 ` lk
2001-12-21 19:12 ` Kent Borg
2001-12-22 4:51 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-20 18:02 Steven Cole
2001-12-20 18:16 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-12-20 18:42 ` Randolph Bentson
2001-12-20 19:00 ` Dave Jones
2001-12-20 19:07 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 18:47 ` Michael Dunsky
2001-12-20 19:00 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-21 1:44 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-20 18:26 ` Robert Love
2001-12-20 18:52 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 19:32 ` Steven Cole
2001-12-20 19:37 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 20:40 ` Marc Schiffbauer
2001-12-20 20:32 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-12-20 21:14 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:25 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-12-20 22:49 ` Mike Eldridge
2001-12-21 10:58 ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-26 18:59 ` Riley Williams
2002-01-02 17:17 ` Jonathan Amery
2002-01-02 20:17 ` Timothy Covell
2002-01-03 4:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-03 15:46 ` Timothy Covell
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2001-12-25 11:25 ` Pavel Machek
2001-12-25 20:14 ` Lionel Bouton
2001-12-20 19:49 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 10:24 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-22 10:47 ` Phil Howard
2001-12-24 13:21 ` Ian Molton
2001-12-22 11:30 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 20:18 ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-23 5:39 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 16:03 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-23 10:43 ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-23 12:00 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-23 16:24 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-24 12:37 ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-28 10:25 ` Kai Henningsen
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