Nils Kassube wrote: > Max Bowsher wrote: > >> To my mind, the power-of-2 grouping is sufficiently intrinsic to the >> nature of bytes, whilst the "kibi mebi gibi tebi" stuff not only >> sounds and looks stupid, but loses a great deal of clarity by making >> all of the prefixes differ only in a single syllable. >> > > Clarity like the size of 1.44MB floppy disks? > <http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/1mb44-is-not-a-standard-floppy-disc-size.html> > >
At least those were 'standard' in that they always come in 2880 blocks. Something you cannot say for whateverGB disks. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
