Date: 22 Feb 2002 04:03:56 +0100 From: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <1014347037.178.325.camel@cocaine> In-Reply-To: <20020221210110.A31216@blackhelicopters.org> References: <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr> <20020221034421.AE58A3E35@bazooka.trit.org> <20020221201254.A30956@blackhelicopters.org> <1014342876.177.305.camel@cocaine> <20020221210110.A31216@blackhelicopters.org>
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On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 03:01, Michael Lucas wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:54:36AM +0100, Wouter Van Hemel wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 02:12, Michael Lucas wrote: > > Everybody agrees with that, I guess. The question is: which? Maybe we > > should send this bomb to -hackers too... > > NO! IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT'S DECENT AND GOOD -- > (I believe there's something wrong with your capslock) > <ahem> > > I suspect that would not be productive. They're using base 2 in the > code. We know that. > Yes, we do. Base 2 it is. But I'd just like to point out here -risking my life- that the code itself might not always be consistent. But I guess _we_ shouldn't care. Point taken. > > > We need standard symbols for this, preferably entities. > > > > > > > Uhm... Do we plan on changing our _units_ weekly or so... > > No, but using an entity helps enforce the standard. > You don't seem to need an entity for that... :) > > Then you better do what I say, or I shall throw my almighty committer > weight around! Whuaaa ha ha ha ha! > Finally we meet the real Michael Lucas. :) > > -- > Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org > my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons > > http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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