On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 13:01 +0200, Christof Krüger wrote: > Let me give you an example from the real world: > There was a bridge to build over the river Rhine connecting Switzerland > and Germany. You have to know that sea levels are defined differently in > both countries so if you plan to build a bridge you have to take it into > account. Well, the engineers tried to, but they've substracted instead > of adding (or vice versa) and so they had to lower the road 54cm on the > other side to match the bridge. Read here: > http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/thieme/archives/005928.html > This would not have happened if they had the same reference point for > the sea level. I'm convinced that in the fast-paced computer world such > a unification should be possible. > This is a strong advocation for using powers of ten everywhere, and abolishing the use of powers of two multiples altogether, no? Scott -- Scott James Remnant Ubuntu Development Manager scott@ubuntu.com
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