TheDon Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 It is, and that's also irrelevant. A "megabyte" isn't defined as 2^20 bytes, it's defined as "a mega bytes" where mega = 1 million. That technological limitations mean computers work as base 2 doesn't mean that definitions of standard units should change. I disagree because megabyte (all one word, non-hyphenated) is solely a computer term. Where byte is a computer specific term and a megabyte is an amount of those (necessarily to base 2 in computer world) then a megabyte is 1024kb. A metric megabyte can do what it wants by rounding it to some easy-to-digest number like 1000kb. And megawatt is solely an electrical term, megahertz solely a physics one. However they're all scientific ones. Computing is a science, as such it subscribes to the rules of science, and one of those rules is that prefixes are standardised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 To get this thread back on track: Carlos Tevez? £47 million. David Silva? £30 million. Yaya Toure? £25 million. Edin Dzeko? £27 million. Mario Baliotelli? £24 million. Winning the FA cup: Pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 i've just bought a premier league toolbox..........its got no hammers in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I'm in Tenerife, and what I saw the other day, well, I'm utterly shocked and disgusted. €7 for a **** pint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Any other WHU jokes gratefully received, theres a hammers fan in the office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsend Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I've just bought a set of premiere league golf clubs.......... There's no irons in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsend Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 â*Knock Knock* "Whose their?" "The Grammar Police." "****" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrummieVillan Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 What's the difference between a taxi and West Ham? .......The taxi only lets 4 in. What's the difference between Bin Laden and West Ham? ........There isn't one they're both down forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 SKYNEWS: Adele fills Wembley. ...fans listen to gig outside of venue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I got kicked out of the bookstore today. Apparently I wasn't allowed to move Kate McCann's book into the murder mystery section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 BBC News: Kate McCann; "Madeleine was hard not to love." Although not someone you'd want to take to a restaurant it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I was going to post a Madeleine McCann joke - but they've all been taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I wonder what the Cambridge University Netball Team shorten their name to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Tenerife is releasing its own range of shampoo. Shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yoink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Oh Andrew, you've brightened my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 Tenerife is releasing its own range of shampoo. Shoulders.I believe her last words were "I said decaffeinated!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 I got kicked out of the bookstore today. Apparently I wasn't allowed to move Kate McCann's book into the murder mystery section. Well obviously, I think you will find it belongs in Belgium cellar conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Adele called her first albums 19 & 21 because they are numbers that have special importance to her life Her follow up 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 is due out in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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