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Huh?!
Date: Sunday, 11 January 2004 09:49 (UTC)Re: Huh?!
Date: Monday, 12 January 2004 05:02 (UTC)So on Saturday, something sort-of noteworthy happened when the point of "230 seconds since 1970" was reached -- since computer people tend to think that powers of 2 are more important than powers of 10.
(And since 230 is close to 109, the prefix for the first "gibi-" is modelled on the prefix for the second "giga-" but with "-bi-" [presumably for "binary"] inserted.)
Does that help any? If not, ask again.