Re: octet vs. byte

From: 187 (bigal187_at_invalid.rx.eastcoasttfc.com)
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:50:33 -0700

Lew Pitcher wrote:
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> 187 wrote:
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>> Why can't Byte just have one meaning? Like mile or meter. I
>> saw someoen compare it to have Dollars in US and Canada, and Aus, but
>> they are not al called dollar, but correctly called "US Dollar",
>> "Canadian Dollara", "Australian Dollar".
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> Speaking as a Canadian who has visited Austrailia, and visits the
> USA, I can vouch that each country /correctly/ calls their currency
> "Dollar". You don't find Canadians in Toronto getting change in
> "Canadian Dollars", or Americans in New York paying for taxi's in
> "American Dollars". When I visit Detroit, they ask me for "Dollars",
> not "American Dollars" or "Canadian Dollars".

True, but to the /rest of the world/ you would not say dollars (except
maybe to refer to US dollars), you would say Canadian Dollar and such.