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To: buccaneer81

hmmm “10 fold”?

do they really mean “10 times”?

Because 10 “fold” means 2 to the power of 10, or 1024.

Just a bit of pedantry.


15 posted on 04/11/2008 9:08:21 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: MrB

I doubt that reporters know about exponents....LOL!


17 posted on 04/11/2008 9:16:32 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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From the article:

On its own, the maiden Boeing Co-built Wideband Global Satellite will provide more capacity for video, data and voice than the entire group of 10 or so satellites it is designed to replace, the command said.

Hence the 10 fold.......

19 posted on 04/11/2008 9:19:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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