Posted by Mike Archer on 01/03/06 00:21

In article <c8auf.52721$J11.562110@wagner.videotron.net>,
napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com says...
> Mike Archer wrote:
>
> Look up the prefixes "kilo", "mega" and "giga" in the dictionary, or an
> encyclopedia, or ask any engineering professor. You'll find that they
> mean 1,000, 1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 respectively. There is no room
> for debate here; these are the facts.
>
A word is defined by how it is used, not it's structure. For example,
according to the prefix, homosexual means attracted to only one sex. So
if you define a word by it's prefix then everyone who is not bisexual is
homosexual. I'm not going to get into a debate though. I'll just agree
to disagree with you on the definitions, Who's right or wrong doesn't
matter, it wasn't the purpose of my original post.

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