In reply to a post by tide:

Without being rude but when did you go to school, nobody teaches the difference between Imperial (British) and Metric measurements. Children, in fact myself, were/are taught in millimetres only. On a serious note that is, of course conversion for maths exams may require this trickery, but in the real world - as I keep trying to push you people into - people do not do maths and expect not to have to.

Why should they, times change and computing has evolved from Bits. Too bad if you don't like it.

Again understand the distinction between "size" (and its measurement) and "speed" (and its measurement)

A byte (not standardised) measures the size of something, but when you talk about an internet connection you're talking about the speed of something else. Just because the connection happens to be used in transporting something of size doesn't mean you measure the speed based on the size.

Would be like having speed limits in tonnes.

Excellent, you are a professional.

What about the rest of us?

2nd time actually

You must have missed the "darling" comment earlier

In reply to a post by tide:

I hope we are not getting our wires crossed here, I am referring solely to the use of MB as a measurement in advertising to the public and not as a measurement behind the scenes.

This is all about how the average pubic will interpret the speed of which he or she is buying into. At present Mbit is not one they can full understand.

Neither MB nor Mbit are a measure of speed, they're both measures of size. Do you think the public are incapable of telling the difference?

In reply to a post by tide:

Without being rude but when did you go to school, nobody teaches the difference between Imperial (British) and Metric measurements. Children, in fact myself, were/are taught in millimetres only. On a serious note that is, of course conversion for maths exams may require this trickery, but in the real world - as I keep trying to push you people into - people do not do maths and expect not to have to.

Why should they, times change and computing has evolved from Bits. Too bad if you don't like it.

25.4 mill to the inch
2.2046 pounds to the kilo

No more than 3 trolls active for every 1 moderator. etc.

In reply to a post by nredwood:

What measurement are appliances and things like kitchen units in then? And how do you find out they will fit? Measure the space in the same unit, of course

Now that would be a great idea ... My kitchen is 6.4 Italian fridges wide and 12.1 German fridges long. The ceiling is 19 CF lamps high and the work tops 9.34 Incandescent GLS's high.

All such forces and speeds can be converted, you know this.

However, for simplicity sakes there needs to be parity between measurements in something most find bewildering at the best of times.

Computers are not unfriendly any more, I don't have a problem with that.

In reply to a post by tide:

Grow up, I can tell your a man.

Sexism again... and a grammatical error. Good thing Titus doesn't usually venture into here

In reply to a post by nredwood:

2nd time actually

You must have missed the "darling" comment earlier

I spotted it, but he always has been fond of such terms of familiarity

If I can pick an orange from a tree at the rate of six per minute then it matters not their weight or size, averaged out of course. However if you were to present the exact dimensions, weight and colour do you not think this would be a little to much for most.

How many oranges can I pick from a tree, six, fine, I get it - most people will reach this way. Now lets see you make it simpler than that with your mathematics.