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1. Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 16:52:41 EST Windigo ☴
   At work, we're up to 3 - count 'em - 3mbps on our Internet line! That's 3145728 whole bytes! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm out of sarcasm.
   • Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 16:53:24 EST Windigo ☴

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     @windigo s/bytes/bits/ - let's not get too crazy. XD
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 17:02:32 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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     No, because speed isn't measured in a power of two, so you only have 3 000 000 bits per sec…
   • Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 17:09:30 EST Windigo ☴

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     @mmn I thought only hard-drive manufacturers got away with that - so 1mb = 1000000 bits? Egad!
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 18:04:24 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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     I never understood that debate. Harddrive manufacturers don't get away with anything. They …
   • Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 20:33:40 EST Windigo ☴

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     @mmn I mostly feel like this should have been settled in the 1960s; everything having its own unit seems unnecesarily complex.
   • Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2015 20:35:46 EST Windigo ☴

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     @mmn Or, should I say, multiple units for similar measures. I know of SI units, but they'll never be adopted because they sound absurd. :)
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2015 03:30:05 EST MMN-o ✅⃠

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     If you invent efficient decimal bit storage, I bet people will adapt. :)