Re: OT (and Flamebait): Top-Posting
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:43:32 -0400
Stephen R Laniel <steve@laniels.org> wrote:
> Earlier in our lives, it was a big deal when hard-disk
> prices fell below $1 per megabyte. I recently bought a
> 200-gig drive for $100. Assume the $1-per-meg limit
> was hit 15 years ago (I think it was less than that, but it
> was at most 15). So in 15 years the per-gig price of hard
> disks dropped 2000-fold.
Possibly I'm innumerate but this makes no sense to me. If something
has a defined price and that price drops 1 (one)-fold doesn't that mean
it is now free? I believe a one-fold price /increase/ doubles the
price, right? How do you determine that 2000-fold figure?
<hoping I'm just stupid from the heat today>
Cybe R. Wizard
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