Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree with the "sounds stupid" part, although I don't belive this is a > valid argument. What I don't believe is your 80 colums argument. Could > you please name a few of the *many* programs which would have to drop > information, precision, or significantly change their display to use the > "KiB" unit?
E.g. all of the "top"-type programs, which display stuff in colums like memory sizes etc, and are _extremely_ starved for space. It would be ludicrous to change the memory size displays in such programs from "224K" to "224KiB" just to give some obsessive-compulsive types a warm fuzzy. > On the other hand, we have the chance to avoid user confusion No one is actually confused. This "standard" doesn't actually solve a real problem. -Miles -- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
