On 2/16/2013 3:20 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 16 February 2013 03:20:54 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
When dealing with computers, it's powers of 2. When
dealing with distances, it's powers of 10.
Not so. Manufacturers of hard drives normally (frequently?) give the size in
decimal, though they obviously don't say so, to make them look bigger.
Lisi
Correct - as I said in an earlier post, this started back in the 80's to
make their disks look bigger.
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