Re: lynx-dev when, where, why "kb/sec"?

[Philip Webb]

980910 Bela Lubkin wrote: 
> Philip Webb wrote:
>> it should be  Kb/s  for true SI style.
> "Kb" would be kilo-bits, no?  "KB" for kilo-bytes?
> If they've actually "standardized" on "Kb" for Kbytes,
> that's a standard I'm going to have to consistently violate...
 
well, i had my tongue slightly in my cheek:
`s' is SI for `second', `K' (rather than `k') used to be `thousand',
but bits'n'bytes haven't made it into the international system yet AFAIK.
`bit' is usually written out in full, so `b' or `B' could be `byte':
capitals seem to be used when a unit is someone's name
-- eg `N' for `newton' -- , but small letters otherwise, eg `m' for `metre'.
so i'll defend `Kb/s', but won't risk dying for it ...

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