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> -----Original Message----- > From: mtnbkr [mailto:waa dash m0n0wall at revpol dot com] > Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 10:54 PM > > > Depends on when you started. The MB vs MiB thing was never an issue > in > > the old days. Memory and HD space was in base 2. (Full Stop) I > forget > > who first started the "Fake MB" but it was around 50meg drives, if I > > remember right. Now for people who have been around a while, 1 MB is > > 1024 kilobytes. (Full Stop) Also, 1 GB is 1024 MB (1042*1024 > > kilobytes). Full stop. Anything else is marketing BS that came > around > > later, and the public bought into because no one was taught to count > on > > there fingers in binary. (Doing that, you can do quite advanced math > > very fast on your fingers. It freaks people out) So, if anyone is > > referring to a bit or a byte, and uses a multiplier of 1000, they are > an > > idiot or a marketer. (Redundant) Yes, I know there is a whole "New > > Standard" since 98 (yes I am old) but it has never really been used. > And > > consider the name; "mega binary byte." A byte IS friggin binary! > There > > is no such thing as a base 10 Byte! (Breathe... Calm down... Count > to > > 10... 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, 1010 OK, I am under > > control.) It also legitimizes the bastardization of kB, MB, and GB in > a > > base 2 numbering system. Switching bases in the same counting system > is > > asinine. > > > > Sorry, one of my pet peevs. > > > > Lee > > > Amen Lee. I'm right there with you. > > One of my pet peeves was back in the late 80's and into the 90's when > monitors > were always sold like: > > <boldprint>"FIFTEEN INCH MONITOR"</boldprint> > <tinyprint>13.8 viewable</tinyprint> > > I never knew how they got away with that marketing scam... Some 15" > monitors > were 14" viewable and some where as low as 13.x viewable... While all > were > marketed and sold as 15" monitors. Lies. Pure lies. arg... > > -- > Bill Arlofski > Reverse Polarity, LLC > http://www.revpol.com/ > * Stop the NSA from illegally eavesdropping on your personal email * > Learn about PGP and start encrypting your email today > http://gnupg.org or http://www.pgp.com Hi Bill, If you then want numbers to be used correctly, how can you call 1,048,576 bytes a megabyte (MB) when it is so clearly not one million bytes? 1,048,576 bytes are a mibibyte (MiB) - go and read the ISO nomenclature on this. -- http://blog.hiltontravis.com/ Regards, Hilton Travis Phone: +61 (0)7 3105 9101 (Brisbane, Australia) Phone: +61 (0)419 792 394 Manager, Quark IT http://www.quarkit.com.au Quark Group http://www.quarkgroup.com.au Microsoft SBSC PAL (Australia) http://www.sbscpal.com/ War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left. This document and any attachments are for the intended recipient only. It may contain confidential, privileged or copyright material which must not be disclosed or distributed. Quark Group Pty. Ltd. T/A Quark Automation, Quark AudioVisual, Quark IT |