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12/12/06 20:54
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#129366 - Husker Du
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
even worse, do you remember when 'uF' was written 'MMF' ?


Husker Du: "do you remember"

For some odd reason, financial people use 'M' to indicate thousands, as in, "It was a $10MM account," meaning ten million dollars. I first saw this when working at a money-management firm whilst in college. When I first saw this, I asked, "how can we have a client with ten trillion dollars in assets?" The boss looked at me funny until I explained that in engineering, capital 'M' means Mega, as in one million. "Well, that's the way we do it here."

Mobsters use 'G' or 'large' to indicate thousand. <Accent=Jersey>"Hey, Tony, we gotta deal heah where we gets ten Gs for knockin' ovah dat joint. Your cut is two large. Take the cannolli. Leave the gun."

-a




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TopicAuthorDate
accessing the modes of parallel port            01/01/70 00:00      
   A bit off-topic?            01/01/70 00:00      
      DCBs            01/01/70 00:00      
         In Windows...            01/01/70 00:00      
         DCB?            01/01/70 00:00      
            DCB            01/01/70 00:00      
               CP2102            01/01/70 00:00      
                  The hardest part of using the CP2102            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Modules            01/01/70 00:00      
                  need of the parallel port            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Misunderstanding?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Re-analyze your requirment            01/01/70 00:00      
                     real-time?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        latency and jitter            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Inadequately specified            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Figures            01/01/70 00:00      
   This might Help            01/01/70 00:00      
   USB?            01/01/70 00:00      
   there are ways ... but be careful            01/01/70 00:00      
      Bps?            01/01/70 00:00      
         bits            01/01/70 00:00      
         By definition            01/01/70 00:00      
            What definition?            01/01/70 00:00      
               at least wikipedia            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Did you actually read it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     yes            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Bits and bytes            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Typo, of sorts.            01/01/70 00:00      
               bits vs bytes            01/01/70 00:00      
                  even worse, do you remember            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Husker Du            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Common            01/01/70 00:00      
         Nope ...it\'s BYTES            01/01/70 00:00      

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