Am very bad with conversions. Very lazy.
But am equally fond of approximations. That saves a lot of brain energy for better purposes.
Just to illustrate this…
This one is for Bytes to MB conversions.
Most of our unix systems display the file sizes in Bytes and it takes few seconds to figure out and get a sense of the “fat”ness of the file.
Here’s a quick thumb rule : Just count the number of digits.
6 -> First three
5,7,8 -> First two
If you see Five digits over there…take the first two digits.
5: 14125 ->14 -> 14 KB
If you see six digits over there…take the first three digits. It’ll be in KB
6 : 121224 -> 121 -> 121 KB
If you see seven digits over there, then it’s marking the beginning of the MB.
7 : 1412246 ->14 -> 1.4 MB
If you see eight digits over there, take first two digits, it’ll be in MB.
8 : 14122467 ->14 -> 14 MB
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Anonymous 10:51 AM on March 30, 2007 Permalink
Anybody who’s ever written GRE will vouch for simplicity in use of language. But there is no doubt an increased vocab is enables you to think better and be more precise. So i would say keep the orals simple but your thoughts and written communication could use all the florid language.
A T M 3:15 PM on April 4, 2007 Permalink
Nice comment from an anonymous!
who is you ?
Niveditha 5:42 PM on February 25, 2008 Permalink
i totally agree with your thought,i feel richness in vocab reflects one’s personality