On Thursday 14 July 2005 01:40 pm, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 18:22 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Hi, > > > > [snip] > > > > 37.5 cent packages? ;) > > > > > > > > (Or is that solely an Americanism?) > > I don't get that. Must be an Americanism. > > MfG > Goswin
The term 2 bits is a colloquialism for 25 cents ($0.25). So, 3 bits would be 37.5 cents. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the term has it's origins in the old Spanish gold coin which was called a piece of eight because it could be divided into eight pie-shaped bits. Ergo, a quarter of the coin was 2 bits. Cheers! cmr -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 ---- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]