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Old 09-15-2010, 12:15 PM   #230
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by Penforhire View Post
Steve, that is an awkward bridge to cross. The best answers do seem to avoid specifying a value but then the reader has a hard time envisioning the amount of data you want to impress them with. Perhaps describing the technology (e.g. ferromagnetic, optical disk, nanoscale cross bars, optical cube, atomic entanglement) rather the meaurement of bits is better indicator of just how advanced your hardware is?
Frequently, yes. Fortunately, I was doing a little of both, so I could emphasize one and downplay the specifics of the other, and still get the impact of the moment across.
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