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Orders of Magnitude
by Acidus at 12:52 pm EDT, Oct 5, 2009 |
I hate it when people use the phrase "Orders of Magnitude" incorrectly. Ok, yes I agree, more people know about botnets in 2009 than 2008. If I take 100 random people in 2008 maybe 2 could tell me what a botnet is. So in 2009 if, say, 6 people now know what a botnet is, that's not a single order of magnitude, let alone plural orders of magnitude. Say something like 300% growth or tripled or something. [sigh] Am I being a technical snob by getting annoyed when people misuse scientific terms to sound smart? [sigh] |
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RE: Orders of Magnitude
by flynn23 at 2:53 pm EDT, Oct 5, 2009 |
Acidus wrote:
I hate it when people use the phrase "Orders of Magnitude" incorrectly. Ok, yes I agree, more people know about botnets in 2009 than 2008. If I take 100 random people in 2008 maybe 2 could tell me what a botnet is. So in 2009 if, say, 6 people now know what a botnet is, that's not a single order of magnitude, let alone plural orders of magnitude. Say something like 300% growth or tripled or something. [sigh] Am I being a technical snob by getting annoyed when people misuse scientific terms to sound smart? [sigh]
It doesn't always have to be a power of ten, for example, astronomical magnitude. |
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