Re: Configure.help editorial policy

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:49:07 +1100

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:12:59 +0100,
David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> wrote:
>Whatever the choice ends up being, KB is always incorrect, unless you
>intend to specify some strange formula where the number of bytes (B)
>combined with the temperature in Kelvin (K) has anything to do with
>things.

The KB unit has been reserved for the temperature of a linux-kernel
flamewar multiplied by the number of bytes of network traffic wasted on
that flame-war.

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