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From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
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Subject: Re: decimal separator (international?
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* Julian Bradfield @2004-10-29 13:55
>>* Dmitry A. Kazakov @2004-10-29 12:41
>>> In computing Giga = 2**30
>> That is just plain false. Adjust your opinions accordingly.
> It's not plain false, it's just usually false.

Excuse me for being precise, but a statement that pretends to be true 
always but is actually only true some of the time, is entirely false: It 
is /not/ true that �in computing�, giga = 2^30. The simple fact that a 
lot of uses of �giga� in computing are 10^9, invalidates the statement 
and its broad claim.

> A cursory Google shows that a lot of people think it primarily means
> gibi in computing!

When I want to know how mistaken how many people are, I also use Google.

Erik Naggum @2004-303
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