8 meg = 800kb/s download speed???

[peterb]

[QUOTE=snootyjim;1940567]I just think that measurement systems should be as simple as possible - the metric system was a good idea. Having a dual-measurement system isn't really ideal. Doesn't really go much further than that to be honest.[/QUOTE

Unfortunately binary is not a metric system! If only we had 8 digits on each hand - then we wod all be counting in base 8 or base 16 - make life a lot easier!

And then we wouldn't get the problem with computer scientists mistaking Halloween with Christmas (because they confuse OCT 31 with DEC 25)

[nishanthan]

Yeh. If you hv 8mb connection, your download speed will be nearly 800kbs

[smargh]

My baseline speed measurement is that my first ever ADSL link of 512k was able to get 60 kilobytes per second actual download speed, so by my crude calculations an 8 meg link, under perfect conditions, should be able to reach 960 kilobytes per second download speed.

But then again, I'm probably wrong.

[Blastuk]

To be fair though, most "transfers" are in bits. Music and video for example.

I agree though, mega-bits should be done away with. You don't hear people talking about megacentimetres.

Did anyone spot this? There's 2 SI prefixes in the same unit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix

mega and centi are both SI prefixes for 10^6 and 10^-2 respectively, you wouldn't use them together.

[kidzer]

[QUOTE=peterb;1993333]

And then we wouldn't get the problem with computer scientists mistaking Halloween with Christmas (because they confuse OCT 31 with DEC 25)

haha! I may have actually LOLed. Good thing I'm the only one at home!