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0 pointsedtruji4y ago0 comments

My believe was that this happen as a human error, from non technical persons (not everybody is a CCNA certified or Comptia network plus).

For example people will often say give me that liter of wine, when in fact the bottle it’s 750ml and not a liter per se.

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BombNullIsland4y ago

"For example people will often say give me that liter of wine, when in fact the bottle it’s 750ml"

No one has ever said this. Ever. In the history of ever.

Wine and spirits in the US were sold as "fifths" or one fifth of a US gallon, equal to 757ml. This became a "metric fifth" or 750ml. No one is even slightly confused by this.

unlikelymordant4y ago

There are many countries where litre is the only unit of measurement, perhaps it happened in one of those?

jackvalentine4y ago

I assure you that in countries where the metric system is used ordering a litre of wine you would expect to receive 1000ml.

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Cpoll4y ago

Or in the case of megabyte vs megabit, it's in fact a 125ml bottle.

I understand what you're saying, but it's a bit disappointing that the company doesn't train their salespeople to understand the bullet points they're trying to sell. This isn't really CCNA-level knowledge.

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