If you times are like this then at least you know humility as this can only end in the defeat of your argument(s).

In reply to a post by tide:

If you times are like this then at least you know humility as this can only end in the defeat of your argument(s).

It never did before- all that happened was that you stopped posting

You and I are not businesses, we write the guidelines if that is your analogy.

Whoa tide.

Turn back, retreat!

This is my first appearance on the board. I've never been on before the last 24h period.

I feel like I've missed somthing here...

Yes, advertising standards have changed.

In reply to a post by tide:

But that's like listing inches along with millimetres. We've had enough of one, don't need it anymore. It could be that both are shown and I was the first to advocate this (in light of the response I received), but its undoubtedly an uninformed world. So, by that definition, MB will win.

After all, if its listen in MB, can't you tekkies do the math!

But that's not what you're saying.

You can say something is 25mm long or 1 inch long. It's just some of different ways of expressing the same thing - length in this instance.

But in this discussion you want to take a unit of information (bytes), in other words their size, and use this as the measurement of bandwidth or, to be simple, speed over any given time.

As I said in my other post, I see the use from a purely practical point of view but it would be shoddy to dispense with the actual "true" measuring standard.

Also note that there is no defined meaning of a "byte". We have a de-facto one but you'd need it in cement first before even entertaining the idea further.

Or we could just change everything so the size is also in bits. Eg "My connection runs at 6Mbit per second and this MP3 is 32Mbit (4MB) so it'll take me a shade over 5 seconds"

Edited by orly (Thu 03-Mar-11 00:58:02)

In reply to a post by tide:

You and I are not businesses, we write the guidelines if that is your analogy.

And who enforces these guidelines? Some organisations are big enough to ride out market forces.

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This is my first appearance on the board. I've never been on before the last 24h period.

Yeah, right.

Never believe everything you read on the internet.