Re: Unit prefixes [was: Alt-Shift-P freezes XTerm]

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 10/15/23 04:44, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 03:34:52AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I can beat that Tomas. At one point in the early 90's we had a PDP-11 to run
> > a 7 meter C band dish, The VT 220 died and DEC wanted nearly 2G for a VT-550
>
> This one keeps tripping me up: the "G" in your "2G" means "grand", yes?
> So it would be what others call "K".
Sorry Tomas, Yes of coarse. In our "slanguage", 2G means $2000, a 2 
grand price IOW.  I keep forgetting that non English slang might be 
interpreted differently.  My bad.  Take care & stay well.

> I consistently read it as "giga" and then go "wait, what?".
>
> Cheers

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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