Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:55:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:55:42 -0500 Received: from mail3.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.38]:785 "EHLO mail3.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:55:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:55:41 -0800 (PST) From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 21 Dec 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Finally, Farhenheit units are smaller so that they make more convenient > > divisions: Eg. > > Bullsh*t. They seem more natural to you because you're more used to > them. Anyone who hasn't grown up on the system think that Fahrenheit > is the ultimate in lunacy. Fahrenheit units were developed by a different process than Celsius, but they are both "natural". The Celsius scale is 0 = freezing point of water and 100 = boiling point of water. The Fahrenheit scale was developed less precisely -- 0 is approximately the freezing point of human blood, IIRC, and 100 is approximately body temperature (Fahrenheit may have had a fever :)). -- znmeb@borasky-research.net http://www.meta-trading-coach.com How do you get an elephant out of a theatre? You can't; it's in their blood! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/