-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:21:57PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > > Human language isn't amenable to standardisation. In common usage, > > kilo, mega etc. in the computer context refer to the power of 2 which > > is closest to the power of 10 to which they refer in decimal contexts. > > So a megabyte *is* 1048576 bytes, etc, and I don't think this usage is > > particularly likely to change. > > I didn't say I liked it, I just pointed out the "correct" usage.
Actually, as R. Hector pointed out in this thread, it's not. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Emphasis is mine... "It is important to recognize that the new prefix for binary multiples are *not* part of the International System of Units, the modern mentric system." Looking around, it appears the only people who differentiate the "ibi's" and real measurements are members of the IEC, or people who were tricked into thinking that anybody outside the IEC uses them. - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+3bopJ5vLSqVpK2kRAk+2AKDjP44r3ValBRzk8Ynbf4G14vkIGACgwWgn Mo4bFcceW61NQpvUTt7urAM= =fRqf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
