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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 10:11 pm
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3timesalady
 
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
Being a computer engineer, I always think of 1K as a common abbreviation for 1,024... .
It takes a bold man to admit something as dorky as that!! ^

I, too, hail from a computer engineering background... but I definitely would have said something like, "my friend, mahasamatman, says that 1k always reminds him of... ."
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