Re: [OT] Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?=

From: Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 07:41:54 EST


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Timothy Covell wrote:

> Of course, most of you Europeans can thank the Americans for creating
> the decimal monetary system as you enjoy your new Euros. (I still
> wish they had settled on calling them Ecu, it just sounds cooler.
> Just my two ecus.)

It was pointed out ecu in German means something quite rude, hence euro
was accepted by all member countries. I like euro better.

-- 
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
	- Ghandi.

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