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Quote from: notme on August 16, 2012, 11:43:42 PM

Quote from: CIYAM on August 16, 2012, 11:07:02 PM

Quote from: notme on August 16, 2012, 11:01:05 PM

Are you American? I'm guess no, because the term bit hasn't been used here in about 100 years.

So the slang "two-bit" (such as a "two-bit company") is not used in the US (thought I'd read some joke about Microsoft Windows years ago that had that term in it)?

Yes, that specific phrase is used occasionally to mean something cheap/worthless, but that's the only usage I've ever heard,

"i'm feeling a bit tired".

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Quote from: CIYAM on August 16, 2012, 11:07:02 PM

Quote from: notme on August 16, 2012, 11:01:05 PM

Are you American? I'm guess no, because the term bit hasn't been used here in about 100 years.

So the slang "two-bit" (such as a "two-bit company") is not used in the US (thought I'd read some joke about Microsoft Windows years ago that had that term in it)?

Yes, that specific phrase is used occasionally to mean something cheap/worthless, but that's the only usage I've ever heard,

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Quote from: FreeMoney on August 16, 2012, 11:08:05 PM

I dunno what Satoshi was thinking but his coin bit me.

how businesses have name variations from those 3 words: Coinbit, Bitcoin, Bitme. there is a Coinbit isn't there? Cheesy

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Is the Bit in Bitcoin the 1.0 or the 0.00000001?

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Oh, won't the banks be bitter when Bitcoin becomes more popular than they.

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Quote from: CIYAM on August 16, 2012, 11:07:02 PM

Quote from: notme on August 16, 2012, 11:01:05 PM

Are you American? I'm guess no, because the term bit hasn't been used here in about 100 years.

So the slang "two-bit" (such as a "two-bit company") is not used in the US (thought I'd read some joke about Microsoft Windows years ago that had that term in it)?

From http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?MicrosoftWindows:

Windows was once famously described as "32 bit extensions and a graphical shell [on top of] a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition." This was attributed to Art Bahrs (an HP guy) in Aug 1997, although it probably predates that.

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I dunno what Satoshi was thinking but his coin bit me.

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Quote from: notme on August 16, 2012, 11:01:05 PM

Are you American? I'm guess no, because the term bit hasn't been used here in about 100 years.

So the slang "two-bit" (such as a "two-bit company") is not used in the US (thought I'd read some joke about Microsoft Windows years ago that had that term in it)?

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Quote from: bg002h on August 16, 2012, 10:58:57 PM

Bit - it has two relevant meanings for BTC. The lesser known one is a slang term in many western countries for cash (eg, a US bit is worth 1/8 USD...see http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(money) )

If there is an intentional double entendre here and Satoshi thought of it...perhaps he was, culturally speaking, western and not Japanese. His posts sound American to me, but I've only read a few.

Are you American? I'm guess no, because the term bit hasn't been used here in about 100 years.

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Bit - it has two relevant meanings for BTC. The lesser known one is a slang term in many western countries for cash (eg, a US bit is worth 1/8 USD...see http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(money) )

If there is an intentional double entendre here and Satoshi thought of it...perhaps he was, culturally speaking, western and not Japanese. His posts sound American to me, but I've only read a few.

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