On 6/11/07, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Fine. Stick with Kilobytes, but strictly define it as 10^3 bytes. Just choose one over the other and be consistent.
That's not "consistent". Kilobyte has always meant 2^10 bytes. "kilo" in "kilobyte" is not an SI prefix. SI prefixes only apply to SI measurements, of which "byte" is not a member. There is no confusion; the only place where a kilobyte != 2^10 bytes is in hard drive manufacturer's advertising materials. This is the way it has been for decades, and it is a perfectly acceptable and desirable standard.
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 01:53 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > shirish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It isn't just ubuntu or debian but this needs to be done > > everywhere. > > No it doesn't. > > The "SI binary prefixes" are an abomination. > > "Kibibytes"? Christ... [Did they try pronouncing these horrid things > when "standarizing" them?!?] > > -Miles > > -- > We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. > -Oscar Wilde > > -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
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