When the heck did G replace K for expressing 1000 of something?

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Fir

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One hundred gigabucks.
That's a lot of apple merchandise.
Top end configured imac pros and macbook pros, probably could fit that in an SUV. LOL

And while having such a sophistication to utilize a vector to circumvent CCTV and other means to ID the perps, they steal a product that isn't really worth much with its unique ID blacklisted. Unless they're sophisticated enough to change them beforehand. All that for a measly hundred grand. I'd be pissed if someone woke me in the middle of the night asking about a job like that. These days taking that kind of exposure it has to be a $50M or better in gems. ;)
 

Cozarkian

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K = thousand, G = grand = thousand dollars. Thus, $100K or 100G are both acceptable, but $100G is redundant.

Also, G only works for money. In the following, you could swap $5K or 5K for 5G, bit you can't swap 1G for the 1K:
"Can you believe people in NYC pay 5G rent for an apartment that isn't even 1K in square feet?"
 
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Chaotic42

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Yeah, Fox News is the only place I ever see this anymore. I don't know if it's a purposeful snub to the metric system or if they really feel that their audience understands 'G' more than 'K'. Still really weird.
 

BoomerD

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Meh..."grand" has been used for $ thousand for many decades...$100 grand has always meant $100,000.00.
$100K has only come into use in more recent years.

The folks who have never heard "grand" probably also don't know "two bits" equals a quarter...or where that originated.
 

BoomerD

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I know you need a shave and a haircut.

:p

:( yes, it's true...I need to shave. (haven't scraped the whiskers off since Saturday)

Oh...and a shave and a haircut is six bits...not two. (except, apparently, in the south)
 

lxskllr

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Meh..."grand" has been used for $ thousand for many decades...$100 grand has always meant $100,000.00.
$100K has only come into use in more recent years.

The folks who have never heard "grand" probably also don't know "two bits" equals a quarter...or where that originated.
I've never seen it written unless it was story, and used as a speech element. As text used to convey information, I've seen it either written out, or K as shorthand. Never G.
 

Thebobo

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K = thousand, G = grand = thousand dollars. Thus, $100K or 100G are both acceptable, but $100G is redundant.

Also, G only works for money. In the following, you could swap $5K or 5K for 5G, bit you can't swap 1G for the 1K:
"Can you believe people in NYC pay 5G rent for an apartment that isn't even 1K in square feet?"

Good points
 

Aikouka

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Only in bytes. Not bits. Or dollars. Or meters. Or really anything EXCEPT bytes. Its because 2 to the 10th power is easier for computers than 10 to the third power.

Actually, the SI prefix K does mean 1000 in computing. While it's rarely used properly, the IEC prefix for 1024 bytes is 1 KiB. Similarly, the IEC prefix for 1024 KiB is 1 MiB. Just like how 4K is improperly used (UHD vs. 4K DCI), no one really cares.

Although, while I can let 4K shenanigans slide, I damn well put my foot down when I see places like Newegg list 2560x1440 monitors under the "2K" category. :mad:
 

Ichinisan

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...

I did an Internet search using the popular online search engine Google and it appears many publications have used G to represent 1000 over the years, not just FoxNews, and it's apparently just to represent "grand" meaning $1000. So why use abbreviated American slang to replace something that's been used for a few millennia by the entire world? Particularly if you're still going to put a $ in front of it - It's like saying "One hundred grand dollars" which is just dumb.

Has the metric system been used that long?
 

Fir

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Meh..."grand" has been used for $ thousand for many decades...$100 grand has always meant $100,000.00.
$100K has only come into use in more recent years.

The folks who have never heard "grand" probably also don't know "two bits" equals a quarter...or where that originated.

It's also a gross candy bar too!

 

Chaotic42

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Also, "Big pimpin', spending K's" doesn't sound right. Maybe Fox is just honoring Jay-Z.
 

who?

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Software people use powers of two but hard drive manufacturers use powers of ten.
 

mikeymikec

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Hence the excitement of the Hobbit-children. 'G for Grand!' they shouted, and the old man smiled.
 

highland145

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