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Re: [tor-relays] Proper bandwidth units [was: Exit nodes on Gandi]



On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:46:02 -0500
grarpamp <grarpamp@xxxxxxxxx> allegedly wrote:
> 
> No. This kind of lazy acceptance is exactly why rockets crash,
> and rockets crashing are why one must use proper terms.
> 'gib, kib' are not cased correctly, thus people have no idea what
> you explicitly mean. They might presume your lazy casing means
> 'Gib, KiB' but then your rocket might crash. Reference and
> enforcement is the proper cure.
> 

This argument (Mbit/s versus GiB/month) reminds me of the old saw about
the most useless unit of velocity (furlongs/fortnight instead of m/sec).

Mick

 
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