Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by thinkloop on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:12AM
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If there is one thing that people know deep in their guts today, its how long an ox could plow before tiring.
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Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by Spivak on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:25AM
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Which is why nobody really uses furlongs anymore but there are plenty of other units that are still in use. One example I think we're all familiar is the 'Rack Unit' for servers (i.e 1U, 2U) where 1U is 44.45mm. I don't think there would be any additional clarity gained by saying, "I bought a few 88.9mm servers".
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by ric2b on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @06:29AM
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But that's a context specific unit, not intended for general use.
Metric is great for general use simply because of it's multipliers: (...) 1G = 1,000M = 1,000,000K = 1,000,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000m (...)
And also the simple way many units are related as well, like 1L of water having 1kg of mass (yes, with a certain temperature, pressure, yada yada yada)