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Title: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: jubalix on November 27, 2013, 01:36:46 PM 5e-3 = 0.005
2.4e-6 = 0.0000024 and so on you can choose how you feel confortamble eg 24e-7 instead of decimals 2.4e-6 this would also allow the masses to raise their Science a bit. its good for multiplying as well 12e3 x 5e-4 = 60e-1 = 6 Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: grondilu on November 27, 2013, 01:39:21 PM Well, nobody forbids you to use it.
But really, it seems simpler to use SI prefixes. Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: mprep on November 27, 2013, 01:42:49 PM Well, nobody forbids you to use it. I agree, it's much easier to remember than OPs method.But really, it seems simpler to use SI prefixes. Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: deisik on November 27, 2013, 01:51:19 PM Well, nobody forbids you to use it. But really, it seems simpler to use SI prefixes. Still better would be to give proper names to at least one thousandth and one millionth parts of a Bitcoin (those milli and micro prefixes)... Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: TTBit on November 27, 2013, 02:00:43 PM its good for multiplying as well 12e3 x 5e-4 = 60e-1 = 6 Oh so obviously better for the masses such as myself ??? Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: BitcoinNews.io on November 27, 2013, 02:10:19 PM i've heard people say they hate math, or can't do math too many times. i can't image people will ever do this. not unless nootropics were put in the water supply!
Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: anti-scam on November 27, 2013, 02:30:02 PM Why can't either the millibitcoin or the microbitcoin be called a nakamoto?
Title: Re: why don't we just use scientific notation for btc units Post by: davida on November 27, 2013, 06:27:59 PM 5e-3 = 0.005 2.4e-6 = 0.0000024 and so on you can choose how you feel confortamble eg 24e-7 instead of decimals 2.4e-6 this would also allow the masses to raise their Science a bit. its good for multiplying as well 12e3 x 5e-4 = 60e-1 = 6 I think it is called standard form... and the initial number should ALWAYS be between 1 and 10 |