Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: probable tertiary megapoints of the united states<br/>
Date: Sep 15, 2000 @ 14:36<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2012648257">you betcha<br/>
hahaha<br/>
  giga always makes me laugh<br/>
& your use of mega never occurred to me because i am so computer dumb<br/>
hahaha<br/>
honest to goodness<br/>
still i rightly surmised we hadnt quite meshed there yet<br/>
<br/>
actually all these geek prefixes are also somewhat misappropriated from<br/>
ancient geek<br/>
  kilo from chilio   1000  then & now   &or up to 1024 most recently i think<br/>
  mega               just plain great  & not any particular number til<br/>
lately<br/>
  giga               really gigantic but also nonquantitative til cyber<br/>
<br/>
so it seems i have been living in the past<br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;Point taken.  I am accustomed to seeing &quot;mega&quot; used as a prefix<br/>
&gt;usually meaning &quot;a million&quot; or more specifically &quot;2 to the 20th<br/>
&gt;power&quot; or &quot;1,048,576&quot; as in megabytes or megapixels, but I guess<br/>
&gt;these also were intended to mean &quot;important numbers&quot; of things. <br/>
&gt;Gigathanks for your answer.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;BJB<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@egroups.com">BoundaryPoint@egroups.com</a>, michael donner &lt;m@d...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt;&gt; from brian  earlier<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; &gt;why &quot;mega?&quot;<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; in a word  whimsy<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; but your question  tho short  deserves better than a glib answer<br/>
&gt;&gt; for it is actually a mega question<br/>
&gt;&gt; & i thank you for it accordingly<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; indeed i am not even sure i grasp your full intention in putting it<br/>
&gt;just<br/>
&gt;&gt; that way<br/>
&gt;&gt; but this much i can & do gladly say right off<br/>
&gt;&gt; & you can fill me back in if i have missed any of your curiosity<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; </span></blockquote></div>