The 10-100-1000 factor is in a large base, shown recently in most browsers to be base-256. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4388649 http://news.ycombinator.c

The 10-100-1000 factor is in a large base, shown recently in most browsers to be base-256. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4388649 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4388649