Hallo, * Bob Proulx [Sat, Feb 09 2013, 11:44:03AM]: > Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Bob Proulx a écrit : > > > $ perl -le 'print 5605687296 / (1024*1024*1024)' > > > > Note that 1 GB (gigabyte) is 10^9 bytes as can be seen in the GNU dd > > output. 1024^3 is 1 GiB (gibibyte). > > You say "tomato", I say "tomahto". You can make your own divider the > number 34,969[1] if you like.
Wow, someone trying to disguise the own mistaken convention as pure matter of preference? > For me I prefer binary powers of two when using it in relation to > computer tasks. You can prefer whatever you want but the means of reliable communication are unambiguous terms. EOD. Some dudes in nineteen-seventies didn't get it and another generation of dudes is still trying to protect those "values" even perfectly knowing they are wrong. Regards, Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130210105658.ga6...@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de
