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I was surprised why 7.2 fps is worth mentioning, I almost ignored this video because of the "wrong" title. The original source does say 7,207 and that is clear
by accountswu 14y ago
I was surprised why 7.2 fps is worth mentioning, I almost ignored this video because of the "wrong" title. The original source does say 7,207 and that is clear enough that it's not 7 fps, it's 7k fps. Even 7207 would be clear enough but 7.207 would suggest 7.2 to (?) most of the world. I am quite sure the entire South Asia would think of 7.207 as 7, not 7k. I am quite sure that's more people than the European countries that write 7.207 for 7k.
(But then again, the US is 5% of the world population and uses imperial scale rather than metric scale and calls football "soccer" and calls a handball game "football")
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- the_mitsuhiko 14y agoGerman has the separators switched around.
- daantje 14y agoWell, it is not only German -- Wikipedia has a nice map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark
- TheAmazingIdiot 14y agoAnd just leaving it as a number 7207 would make much more sense to everyone. Instead, 'prettiness' like commas or periods just confuse readers. Or at least on HN, you could use 7.207*10^3 and be done with scientific notation.
- accountswu 14y agoAgreed, 7207 is good enough, commas (or fullstops) are helpful when there are more than 5 or 6 digits but there is no confusion with a 4-digit number. >Or at least on HN, you could use 7.20710^3 and be done with scientific notation. So would that 7.207 in 7.20710^3 be considered 7 decimal 207 or 7 thousand 207? :D