metric version of 1000?

[Lance Haig]

everyone just loves a good discussion :-)

Lance

Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
> Yup, lighten up guys.  I did post this as a bit of humor, plus a
> more general query about 2^x vs 10^x.  If I want 2^10, I know what
> to enter.  The real question is "which two fingers do I count with?"
> 
> Jeff Earickson
> 
> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Julian Field wrote:
> 
>> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 10:40:33 +0100
>> From: Julian Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>> To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>> Subject: Re: metric version of 1000?
>>
>> You have to laugh about this thread, I knew it would happen.
>> I say something as simple as state that 10x10x10=1000 and people get 
>> uppity about it.
>> :-)
>>
>> Enough guys. 1000 = 1E3, not 2E10. Check the arithmetic with your 
>> calculator, I think you'll find I'm right :-)
>>
>> And whatever anyone says about the ability of my calculator to do 
>> basic arithmetic that any 7-year old child can do, I ain't changin' it...
>>
>> On 2 May 2006, at 10:24, James Gray wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2 May 2006 06:58 pm, Glenn Steen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why are you all "upset" about this?
>>>
>>> Are you replying to me?  Or Jeff Earickson?  Three things:
>>> 1. I was reinforcing Julian's choice of using base-10 instead of base-2
>>>   multipliers.  I AGREE WITH JULIAN.
>>> 2. I didn't mention anything about hard drive.
>>> 3. I'm not bent out of shape about this.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> James
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