Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Harrold <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:41:53 -0500 (EST) |
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> > On Thursday 20 December 2001 10:36 am, Dana Lacoste wrote: > > > I believe that the main purpose of documentation, help etc is > > > to get the > > > information across in a way that is most easily understood, ie that > > > minimises the number of support questions.. ..and everyone > > > surely knows > > > what GB, MB and KB stand for. So let's leave it at that. > > > Where's the "i" > > > in "megabyte" ? Or is 1MiB 1000000 bytes, rather than 1048576? > > > > 1 MB isn't 1048576. > > > > it's 1000000 > > > > mega isn't 2^10, it's 10^6 > > > > so where are YOU coming from? > > > > (no, i'm not arguin, i don't particularly care. but i'm > > pointing out that some people have completely firmly set > > definitions and some other people also have firm definitions > > and neither will agree the other's right. MiB is the international > > standard for a 2^10 B(yte) specification. so if you mean > > 2^10 bytes, you mean MiB, not MB, even if you don't like it :) > > This "international" standard seems to have excluded a few countries. > It wasn't until it was SET that I even heard of its existance. (And > then only through SLASHDOT!)
Yeah, no shit? The first time I buy 512MB of RAM and get 512000 KB (aka 512000000 bytes) I am gonna be *PISSED*
/Mike
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