Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WbyLy-0003iC-CK for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:28:42 +0000 Received-SPF: fail (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of swipeclock.com does not designate 74.201.97.201 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.201.97.201; envelope-from=mcaldwell@swipeclock.com; helo=mxout.myoutlookonline.com; Received: from mxout.myoutlookonline.com ([74.201.97.201]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1WbyLx-0002RL-L9 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:28:42 +0000 Received: from mxout.myoutlookonline.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxout.myoutlookonline.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CAF18C028D for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by SpamTitan at mail.lan Received: from HUB022.mail.lan (unknown [10.110.2.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mxout.myoutlookonline.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C36DA8C026A for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from MAILR023.mail.lan ([10.110.18.122]) by HUB022.mail.lan ([10.110.17.22]) with mapi; Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:35 -0400 From: Mike Caldwell To: Christophe Biocca Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:34 -0400 Thread-Topic: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account Thread-Index: Ac9c1xpkYsUihhhsTCC21TIySGvHFw== Message-ID: <4098C706-D67F-474E-9C13-E4C8F56B41ED@swipeclock.com> References: <53540715.7050803@xylon.de> <1C408C12-B39B-46E4-B997-153D566158B1@swipeclock.com> <5354154C.1080908@olivere.de> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 4.9 (++++) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 4.0 SPF_CHECK_FAIL SPF reports sender host as NOT permitted to send mails from 0.9 SPF_FAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (fail) X-Headers-End: 1WbyLx-0002RL-L9 Cc: Bitcoin Development Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:28:42 -0000 By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural refe= rence in the name. For example "satoshi" would be a reference to Japanese = culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who Satoshi tur= ns out to be.=20 Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Christophe Biocca" wrote: >=20 > Culturally neutral? "bit" in French phonetically collides with slang > for phallus ("bitte", with a silent "e"). Apparently it means "louse" > in Turkish as well. >=20 > Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the > short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral. >=20 >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger wr= ote: >> Hello, >>=20 >> just my two 'cents': >>=20 >> Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they >> mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use >> except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has >> established yet. No problem in my eyes. Time will tell. >>=20 >> - oliver >>=20 >>=20 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and the= ir >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech >> _______________________________________________ >> Bitcoin-development mailing list >> Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and thei= r > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development