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Not sure how the author of this entry on HN managed to change original title from gigabytes per second to gigabits per siemens :)
by jagrsw 5y ago
Not sure how the author of this entry on HN managed to change original title from
gigabytes per second
to
gigabits per siemens
:)
- __exit__ 5y agoAutocorrector issues + fast fingers to click on submit without double checking. Sorry for that. Whoever fixed the title, thank you :D
- CodesInChaos 5y ago> fixed the title It still shows as "3Gb/S" for me, instead of "3GB/s"
- Sebb767 5y agoProbably auto-capitalization gone wrong. Or some very new code ;)
- MisterTea 5y agoGenetic code most likely.
- jeltz 5y agoIsn't it easier to write 3GbΩ instead of 3Gb/S?
- HPsquared 5y agoStaying with Physics, "Gb/S" is Gigabarns per Siemens. Some relation of electrical conductance with cross-sectional area. The barn is a unit of cross-sectional area, based on the Uranium nucleus (area 1 barn). Uranium is pretty large in atomic terms; the name is from the idiom "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn".
- jagrsw 5y agoAnd since 1/S = 1Ω, it'd be Gigabarnohm.
- robertlagrant 5y agoHence the old joke: how many Gigabarnohms does it take to start a circus? Answer, of course, one million.