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Re: Using standardized SI prefixes



On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Eduard Bloch wrote:
#include <hallo.h>
* Ivan Jager [Tue, Jun 19 2007, 03:39:22PM]:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
Ivan Jager wrote:
They are not strictly better. Did you not read the part where I said I
didn't want an extra column of "i"s that serves no real purpose?

Don't you read the explanation where people say which purpose it does
serve? If you cannot distinguish between a perfect solution and a good
partial solution, then you are a real victim of the "not a perfect
solution" fallacy.

Uhh, I think you mixed something up in that last sentence. Anyways, just because it solves one problem for some people doesn't make it strictly better.

It's not that I can't *think* of any problems. It's that I, like several
other people here, I don't *have* said problems with the programs I use,
and I don't particularly care to have that "fixed". Just because you can't
tell whether the output of ls -lh is using binary or decimal prefixes
doesn't mean it's a problem for everyone else.

So if you know that there are problems then there is no point in argumenting
against the people who want to have them solved.

Umm, again I fail to follow your logic. I want to have problems solved, so why are you arguing with me? Your reasoning seems to imply you think there are no problems in the world. You're going to have some trouble convincing me of that. :)

Ivan



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