Miles Bader wrote: > Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On the other hand, we have the chance to avoid user confusion > > No one is actually confused.
can you say, in all the thousands of users, not a single one is ever confused? Not a single one ever wonders if it means 1000 or 1024? 1048576 or 1000000? 1073741824 or 1000000000? > This "standard" doesn't actually solve a real problem. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html It does solve a real problem. It solves an ambiguity. Does k mean 1000 or 1024? Does M mean 1000000 or 1048576? Answer: k mean 1 000 ki means 1 024 m means 1 000 000 mi means 1 048 576 No more ambiguity. Because you see no problem does not mean there is none. If you want to use the ``classical'' SI units as a basis, then look no further than deka: abbreviated da. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html -- John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] http (((( WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above, sbih.org ( )(:[ as apparently my cats have learned how to type. spiders.html (((( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
