On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:31, John Hawkinson wrote:
> Conrad Shultz wites:
>> * Will a file fit on a storage medium?
>> * How long will it take a file to download?
>> * What percentage of a file do I already have?
>> * (Implicitly) can I manipulate the contents of the file without slowing
>> my compu
Conrad Shultz wites:
> * Will a file fit on a storage medium?
> * How long will it take a file to download?
> * What percentage of a file do I already have?
> * (Implicitly) can I manipulate the contents of the file without slowing
> my computer down?
>
> So: in most cases, I would argue it is bet
On 12/27/11 2:38 PM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was aware of the inflated numbers for marketing hard drives. But I
> wasn't aware that Apple jumped on the marketing bandwagon. (Apple
> adopt marketing terms? Never..)
While *we* understand the distinction between base-2 and base-10, th
On Dec 27, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was aware of the inflated numbers for marketing hard drives. But I wasn't
> aware that Apple jumped on the marketing bandwagon.
> (Apple adopt marketing terms? Never..)
>
> Well, as I have a 10.6/10.7, base 2 is history, I gues
Hi All,
I was aware of the inflated numbers for marketing hard drives. But I wasn't
aware that Apple jumped on the marketing bandwagon.
(Apple adopt marketing terms? Never..)
Well, as I have a 10.6/10.7, base 2 is history, I guess.
I am going to keep the metric terminology myself. (MB/KB, etc.)
On Dec 27, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
> Wow, I wake up one morning, and the definition of Megabytes change.
> Did anyone explain this to the computers? The last time I checked, they still
> used binary.. ;)
Disk drive manufacturers have been doing this for 20 years.
--
Scott Ribe
On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>
>> Wow, I wake up one morning, and the definition of Megabytes change.
>> Did anyone explain this to the computers? The last time I checked, they
>> still used binary.. ;)
>
> In which case
On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
> Wow, I wake up one morning, and the definition of Megabytes change.
> Did anyone explain this to the computers? The last time I checked, they still
> used binary.. ;)
In which case Mega- was never an appropriate prefix, since SI prefixes are
Wow, I wake up one morning, and the definition of Megabytes change.
Did anyone explain this to the computers? The last time I checked, they still
used binary.. ;)
bob.
On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Mikkel Islay wrote:
>
> On 27 Dec 2011, at 17:48, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>>
>> I have a file tha
On 27 Dec 2011, at 17:48, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>
> I have a file that is 352524244 bytes in size.
> My application calculates it to be 336.19 Megs in size.
> Finder displays this as 352.5 MB.
>
> So, if I am not mistaken, Apple isn't dividing by 1024, but rather by 1000?
>
> Has anyone else h
Hi Everyone,
I am not sure where else to post this, so here is where I am going to start..
I have an application that is saving a custom file. It has a progress bar that
shows the percentage of the file written, along with a byte count that is
rounded to the nears Kilo/Mega/Gigabyte size. Not a
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