Messages in this thread | | | Date | 27 Dec 2001 12:45:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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vojtech@suse.cz (Vojtech Pavlik) wrote on 22.12.01 in <20011222171438.A10233@suse.cz>:
> The only problem is that M = 10^6 plus Mi = 2^20 don't cover the usages ... > > 4Mbit bandwidth is usually 4 * 10^3 * 2^10 bits per second. > 20GB harddrive is usually 20 * 10^6 * 2^10 bytes.
There's a simple answer. "These people lie."
> The confusion is there. It can't be erradicated by adding Mi's and Gi's, > because they don't cover the whole spectrum.
We don't *want* something that covers that part of the spectrum. We want that part to be *avoided*.
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