On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 05:43:56PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: > I call shenanigans! > > On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 16:22 +1100, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > > Don't stop there! > > > > You probably mean bits not b(ytes) and mebi not mega, > > so it's > > 108 Mibit/s > > 1) It's mibi not mebi.
I don't think so Mister! Your url disagrees with you! So there!!!! and also: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > 2) The same standard that defines mibi- as a prefix (IEEE 1541 [1]) > specifies that b is the symbol for bits, and B should be used for bytes. > In practical use, though, I tend to see either bits or B. > > -- > Pete, who measures his traffic in gross nybbles to reduce confusion. > per ..? fortnight? Who actually uses these prefixes in real actual speech? Not me, I'd feel a right wally. > [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
