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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: I should know this ...
On 28/8/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed:
Hmm, I've heard of fuel economy commonly expressed as kilometres per
litre, litres per 100km and miles per gallon. But miles per l
On 28/8/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Hmm, I've heard of fuel economy commonly expressed as kilometres per
>litre, litres per 100km and miles per gallon. But miles per litre is
>new to me. FWIW our new car gets about 1.2 million cubits to the
>bushel (that's US bushels).
Fu
Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am still seriously impressed by "look both ways" writing beneath my
>feet somewhere in Hyde Park...
That writing saved my butt many times ;-)
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Isn't it interesting that the only way you can get people to go metric
is to fine them heavily...
David Mann wrote:
On Aug 28, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
How many gallons? ;-)
UK or US?
Oh wait... the UK is supposed to be metric now.
- Dave
--
When you're worried or in
And so are your motorways signs...
> You'd think so. Prices for fuel are in litres. Temps are in centigrade.
> But all our cars drive in miles :-/
I am still seriously impressed by "look both ways" writing beneath my
feet somewhere in Hyde Park...
;-)
--
Boris
On Aug 28, 2005, at 9:10 PM, Cotty wrote:
You'd think so. Prices for fuel are in litres. Temps are in
centigrade.
But all our cars drive in miles :-/
Hmm, I've heard of fuel economy commonly expressed as kilometres per
litre, litres per 100km and miles per gallon. But miles per litre is
UK if ale, US if beer.
Dario
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From: "David Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: I should know this ...
On Aug 28, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
How many gallons? ;-)
UK or US?
Oh w
On 28/8/05, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Oh wait... the UK is supposed to be metric now.
You'd think so. Prices for fuel are in litres. Temps are in centigrade.
But all our cars drive in miles :-/
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Aug 28, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
How many gallons? ;-)
UK or US?
Oh wait... the UK is supposed to be metric now.
- Dave
To avoid repeating what is already written, I'd post
the link to the "full story":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
HTH,
Igor
Cotty wrote:
1023.
(I'm a meg short of a gig)
What's the equivalent in a six-pack?
keith
Cheers,
Cotty
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1023.
>
>(I'm a meg short of a gig)
...so to speak.
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
Maybe someone took a megabite.
--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1023.
>
> (I'm a meg short of a gig)
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> Cheers,
> Cotty
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> >>Same number as liters in a Kilometer.
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> >>Dario Bonazza wrote:
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> >>>How many gallons? ;-)
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1023.
(I'm a meg short of a gig)
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Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: I should know this ...
1760 yards in a mile. :-)
Jack
--- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1024 unless you're talking about the listed
capacity of a harddrive, > th
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> >> 1760 yards in a mile. :-)
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> >> Jack
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> >> --- Fred <[EMAIL PR
Same number as liters in a Kilometer.
Dario Bonazza wrote:
How many gallons? ;-)
Dario
- Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: I should know this ...
1760 yards in a mile. :-)
Jack
If it followed the pattern it would. The English measurement system is
binary.
Fred wrote:
1024 unless you're talking about the listed capacity of a harddrive,
then it's 1000 (The HDD manufacturers do this specifically to make their
drives look bigger than they actually are).
This is
How many gallons? ;-)
Dario
- Original Message -
From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: I should know this ...
1760 yards in a mile. :-)
Jack
--- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1024 unless
David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1.024x10^3
>
>...just to be different.
400h
(just to be even more different!)
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
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1760 yards in a mile. :-)
Jack
--- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1024 unless you're talking about the listed
> capacity of a harddrive,
> > then it's 1000 (The HDD manufacturers do this
> specifically to make their
> > drives look bigger than they actually are).
>
> This is also done by
> 1024 unless you're talking about the listed capacity of a harddrive,
> then it's 1000 (The HDD manufacturers do this specifically to make their
> drives look bigger than they actually are).
This is also done by many of us, just for simplicity. Heck, 1000 is more
"metric system" than 1024, any
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 05:41:15 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> .. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
1,024 (2^10)
1 K byte = 1,024 bytes = 2^10 bytes
1 M byte = 1,024 K bytes = 2^20 bytes
1 G byte = 1,024 M bytes = 2^30 bytes
1 T byte = 1,024 G bytes = 2^40 bytes
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
.. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
(The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed)
Shel
1024 unless you're talking about the listed capacity of a harddrive,
then it's 1000 (The HDD manufacturers do this specifically to m
1.024x10^3
...just to be different.
Dave
On 8/27/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> .. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
>
> (The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed)
>
>
> Shel
>
>
>
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
.. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
(The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed)
Shel
1024
/Henri
1024
Don
> -Original Message-
> From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:41 AM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Subject: I should know this ...
>
>
> .. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gig
1024
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
.. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
(The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed)
Shel
.. but I'm drawing a blank. How many megabytes are there in a gigabyte?
(The world before morning coffee is very dark, indeed)
Shel
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