Sorry, I will slow down my reading and stop flipping 2^10 into 10^3.
> From: Rodney W. Grimes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 9:53 PM
>
>
> [in regards to a previous post preferring base-10 for K and M units...]
> >> I'm sorry but I would find it non-obvious and more confusing. When ls or
> a
> >> similar disk/memory utility tells me xxxK or xxxM, I would expect it to
> be
> >> in 2^10 or 2^20 units. To appear otherwise would surprise me.
>
> >I guess you get suprised a lot then. The only folks that I know of who
> >regulary use K and M as base 10 when talking about disk and memory are
> >the disk drive manufactures.
> >
> >Does you machine have 128MB or 134MB. You must have missed this earlier
> >in the thread....
> >
> >All of the boot time reporting is in 2^20 MB:
> >ad0: 3079MB (6306048 sectors), 6256 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> >
> >Due the math if you doubt me, oh, and Quantum calls this a 3.2G disk
> >drive :-)
>
> I think if you re-read my post you'll find that we are in vehement
> agreement.
I have doned the cap <|:-)
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