* las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 31 Oct 2000
| That may be true, but in the case of cps, we had something in place that was
| descriptive. Just because we use non descriptive terms for many things does
| not make dropping the one descriptive term that we had excusable.
1000 cubic centimetres, perfectly descriptive.. Do you say, "get me a
2000cc bottle of Coke," or do you say "get me a 2 litre bottle of Coke?"
| There used to be only two different types of gasoline to choose from.
| Regular and hi test.
Umm... no. There used to be one type of gasoline to chose from: gasoline.
| If you drove into the gas station today and asked for high test, the kid
| would look at you like you are nuts. But what does "extra", "premium",
| "super", "ultra", etc. mean?? What not say "87", "89", "93" etc.?
Because the Average Joe has no idea what octane ratings actually are or
what the numbers mean. Attaching labels to meaningless numbers provides a
tangible scale.
[...]
| In the use the term metre is not used (unless they changed that too while
| I was sleeping) it's meter). Metre is used in Europe.
And I spell colour sometimes, too. Deal with it, pink boy.
| Using any word to describe the processor of a computer is really useless,
| because there isn't always a true relationship between the "processor
| speed and the actual speed of the computer. It's one more way to fool
| the consumer.
Duh.
| There should be a standard that reflects the true overall benchmark of a
| computer that is listed on each computer.
| The benchmarks for the processor, hard drive, video card, memory,
| etc. all have to be considered.
*snrk*
Sorry, but your ignorance is showing. We went through this 30 years ago.
Fact is, there is no way to calculate such a thing. It is like saying,
"which is better, an orange or a duck?"
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