RE: TI-H: Radio switch
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RE: TI-H: Radio switch
...Then use nonstandard ways. Its like putting 98k on a math test for the
weight of a human. 98kg there isn't units
>But if you say 32k, logically it means 32 thousand bits.... if you say 32K,
>then logically it means 32 thousand bytes... it is meaningful too... If I
>go around telling people "yea, I can get 1 "mb" in one second", then they'd
>be like "cool, you can download linux in 10 minutes?!?" then you'd be like
>"no, more like 80 minutes" -- see the diff :)
>
>At 12:53 AM 1/10/99 -0900, you wrote:
>>
>>its the b. A big B is a byte and a small b is a bit. the k is just the
>>multiple of the unit.
>>
>>
>>>Hmmm.. I have been... My BIG K (as in 150K/sec) is as KiloBYTE per sec. A
>>>small k to me is kiloBIT per sec. So, if you wanted to know what I was
>>>getting at with that 150K/sec, it would really be 1200k/sec or in mbit
>>>terms, 1.17 mbit/sec. Essentially, that would be a T1, being that they are
>>>~1.54 mbit/sec. being slightly loaded with other people. See? I know what
>>>I'm talking about.. :)
>>>
>>>Also,
>>>Mbit(Mb)=Megabit
>>>MB=Megabyte
>>>Kb(or just k)=kilobit
>>>KB(or K)=kilobyte
>>>
>>>This sound ok?
>>>
>>>-jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>>[mailto:owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of Rosyna
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 10, 1999 2:23 AM
>>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>>Subject: RE: TI-H: Radio switch
>>>
>>>
>>>You guys must be missing something too. When you see 10Mb/sec or
>>>256k/sec when referring to something that has to do with any kind of
>>>network, ALWAYS divide by 8 to get real world figures.
>>>256k/sec=32k/sec not that fast 1.5Mb/sex=128k/sec see that is why
>>>cable is so dang fast.
>>>
>>>At approximately 10:53 PM +0000GMT on the day Earth People call
>>>1/9/99, Dan declared:
>>>
>>>> Yea, that is what I was thinking - I didn't actually think you meant a
>>>full
>>>> blown T3... I don't think download.com has a T3, they might, but with the
>>>> number of people downloading files (and multiple files), I'll bet they
>>>have
>>>> a direct connection backbone... but whatever... 10Mbit is good... JUST as
>>>> long as it isn't @Home. Everyone knows they blow arse...
>>>
>>>---
>>>I pledge allegiance to the Mac of Apple Computer Incorporated, and to
>>>the developers for which it stands, one platform, under Jobs,
>>>indestructible, with creativity and multimedia for all.
>>
>>
>>
>-Dan
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