Messages in this thread | | | Date | 27 Dec 2001 13:12:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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oxymoron@waste.org (Oliver Xymoron) wrote on 21.12.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112211438360.16844-100000@waste.org>:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:10:33AM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > > And disks by the GB where GB == 1000^3 so I don't see any problem in > > > moving from KB to KiB and friends ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE STANDARDIZED > > > BEYOND THE KERNEL and nothing will change this. > > > > If you think GB == 1000^3, then please go "correct" all the DRAM > > manufacturers out in the world. They just sent me 1GB of ram and > > it's coming up as 1073741824 bytes. Please help! They have no > > option for GiB!!! > > If you think GB == 1024^3, then please go "correct" all the disk > manufacturers out in the world. They just sent me 1GB of disk and > it's coming up as 1000000000 bytes. Please help! They have no > option for GiB!!!
You've been defrauded. Typical disk GB come up as 1024,000,000 bytes.
Which is bloody awful.
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