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- From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
- Subject: Re: BAUD != BPS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.202422.22653@netcom.com>
- Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
- References: <1992Nov3.002330.3870@netcom.com> <9211078167@monty.apana.org.au>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:24:22 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- newton@monty.apana.org.au (Mark Newton) writes:
-
- >The misuse of the language which you are trying to protect will only ever
- >serve its purpose if everyone attaches the same meaning to baud/bps as
- >you do.
-
- I am not alone in my interpretation, as you seem to be trying to
- indicate. I'm just being vocal about it, that's all. Most people
- probably just don't care, and I'm rapidly coming to that point myself.
-
- >However, in this discussion, you've seen many examples of people
- >who laugh in your face as you cling to the notion that baud and bps are
- >equivalent terms.
-
- I am not trying to claim that baud == bps, because I know they are not
- the same thing. What I am saying is that the word "baud" has a "loose"
- interpretation and a "strict" interpretation. The loose interpretation
- is used by the majority of modem USERS when they wish to tell someone
- else how fast they can move data from one place to another. The strict
- interpretation is used by modem BUILDERS and communications specialists
- talking to one another about signals on a transfer medium. It is a
- useless interpretation for the casual user.
-
- Apparently the strict interpretation is also used by UseNet users to try
- to make it appear that lots of other people are fools and idiots because
- they "don't know what the word really means," when in actuality they are
- simply using the term in a looser fashion than it was originally intended.
- Big deal. No one is trying to take your precious word away from you.
-
- >Now, I don't want to attack your right to be illiterate, but don't you
- >think you're being a bit silly?
-
- I assume that's a loose interpretation of the word "illiterate," since
- if I were truly illiterate I would not have been posting in the first
- place.
-
- I am not being silly. If Joe Bob User says to you, "I have a 2400 baud
- modem," do you look at him with a horrible expression of consternation
- because he has given you no information whatsoever as to how fast his
- modem can send data from one place to another? More likely you just
- assume he means his modem can send data at 2400 bps. This is normal and
- probably exactly what Joe Bob intended, therefore communication has
- occured. There is nothing silly about it.
-
- --
- #ifdef TRUE | Fuzzy Fox fuzzy@netcom.com
- #define TRUE 0 | a.k.a. David DeSimone an207@cleveland.freenet.edu
- #define FALSE 1 | "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."
- #endif | -- Mark Twain
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