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blubart:

--- Quote from: briaeros007 on November 07, 2010, 10:02:10 AM ---Well, On one hand, an Octet is effectively a group of 8 bits...
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that's unfortunately your interpretation. as far as i'm concerned an octet is a group of 8 something (like a triplet is a group of 3). and if you ask around in the majority of the world i doubt someone will connect the word octet with something computer related (that holds at least true for china, japan, the US, and the rest of western and central europe - aside from france and probably belgium and switzerland)

it's not like i say using octet is "wrong", it's just probably the best to resort to bytes if talking in an international context - otherwise people might think you have bad spelling at best. ;)

but enough of the offtopic-ness:

you should seriously consider fixing whatever issue you have with your torrent client - because as far as we're considered your stats pretty much look like a gone-wrong attempt at stathacking.

briaeros007:
I would be a pretty lame "stat hacking" since it will penalize me and not help me.

It's like you would say that a man is a cheater in an online fps because most of his deaths are caused by himself.

ps : When organization like IETF use "octet" in their standards, and put in their "Users' glossary" (rfc 1983) and so on
I think that it's ok to use it internationally, unless you think that IETF are just a bunch of comic...

blubart:
how are we supposed to know the upload number on those other torrents that still keep you at a ratio of 0.940 are not result of the same client reporting stats improperly.
it's like you would say it's ok for a player in an online fps to cheat as long as he only wins half the time and the rest of the time his game crashes and he loses as a result.

and you seem to be missing the point. a 15 years old document explaining the term (but using byte in any other context) - because it's apparently needed - whereas neither bit nor byte are explained but used in the definition of other terms, if anything proves the point that it shouldn't be used in general conversation (in regions where it isn't used as a general term in the first place obviously).

for example you probably wouldn't use legal english to discuss a newly introduced bill with your friends, even though the law makers used it. it's not a matter of right or wrong, but a matter of if they understand you or not.

Southrop:
Let's stop with the Mb/MB/mB/Mo discussion. MegaOctet is an accept term in some regions, and we accept that. Though for future reference, most of the forum doesn't use Mo but MB instead, so please clarify if you do choose to use Octets in future.

Xiong Chiamiov:
Where did you obtain Transmission from?  What version is it?

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