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<201405030238.11625.luke@dashjr.org> To: Luke Dashjr In-Reply-To: <201405030238.11625.luke@dashjr.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2014 03:35:15.0304 (UTC) FILETIME=[B2773E80:01CF6680] X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [65.55.116.20 listed in list.dnswl.org] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (slashdevnull[at]hotmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.7 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money X-Headers-End: 1WgQjQ-0006lK-IQ Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc 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: Sat, 03 May 2014 03:35:21 -0000 Think your example is not quite valid ... People say or write $88M or $45k I.e. use SI prefix as a suffix, else it wou= ld be more, not less, clear on what amount is being referred to. For me, "bits" are easy to say and one million as a factor is simple to unde= rstand. M-bits, kilobits, millibits, etc are never going to be used by folk in every= day transactions, IMHO=20 Gavin > On 3/05/2014, at 10:40 am, "Luke Dashjr" wrote: >=20 >> On Saturday, May 03, 2014 12:54:37 AM Ben Davenport wrote: >> My only addition is that I think we should all stop trying to attach SI >> prefixes to the currency unit. Name me another world currency that uses S= I >> prefixes. No one quotes amounts as 63 k$ or 3 M$. The accepted standard a= t >> least in the US is , i.e. $63k or $3M.= >> That may not be accepted form everywhere, but in any case it's an informa= l >> format, not a formal one. The important point is there should be one base= >> unit that is not modified with SI prefixes. And I think the arguments are= >> strong for that unit being =3D 100 satoshi. >=20 > Huh? Your examples demonstrate the *opposite* of your point. 'k' and 'M' *= are*=20 > the SI prefixes. People *do* use 63k USD, $63k, and $3M. I'll be the first= one=20 > to admit SI is terrible, but I don't understand your argument here. >=20 > Luke >=20 > P.S. Note that SI units haven't actually ever been adopted, except by forc= e of=20 > law. "Name me ... that uses SI" is a silly thing to say, since virtually a= ll=20 > naturally-or-freely-adopted units of any measure have been based on a numb= er=20 > that factor to twos and threes (not fives, like decimal). >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get=20 > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available= . > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development