Date : Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:30:44 -0000
From : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar
Naah, a kibibite sounds like dog food. I'm sure you can get some powder to
get rid of mibimytes.
My spellchecker suggested kibbutz and minimises as the correct words.
Loved the Megamole word. Visions of a huge underground creature fighting
Godzilla in Japan. :-D
I did say the world had gone mad.
I totally agree with the 1024/1000 comments. Annoying especially when the
computer dealers use the 1000 version and promptly start adding the noughts
to tell you how much there is etc.
Still, fun to whip out the calculator and correct them.
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Graham Harston" <jgh@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:34 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Re: Grammar
> > Message-ID: <43EB7C97.8080204@...>
>
> Annihilannic <annihilannic@...> wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, have (m)any folks on the list got into the habit of
> > using the correct terminology and notation for multiples of 1024, i.e.
> > mibimyte (MiB), kibibite (kiB), etc?
>
> You mean, how many people have been brainwashed into using the
> *wrong* terminology for multiples of 1024.
>
> 1024 bytes is 1 kilobyte, always was, always will be.
> 1024*1024 bytes is 1 megabyte, always was, always will be.
> 1024*1024*1024 bytes is 1 gigabyte, always was, always will be,
> regardless of what some jumped up pompous know-nothing nanny
> "standardists" may insist.
>
> <house style="jgh">
> The single letter 'K' is a unit being 1024 bytes.
> The single letter 'M' is a unit being 1024*1024 bytes.
> The single letter 'G' is a unit being 1024*1024*1024 bytes.
> 32K is 32768 bytes. 2G is 2147483658 bytes.
>
> The prefix 'k-' is a multiplier meaning 1,000*.
> The prefix 'M-' is a multiplier meaning 1,000,000*.
> The prefix 'G-' is a multiplier meaning 1,000,000,000*.
> 32km is 32,000 metres. 2GW is 2,000,000,000 Watts.
> </house style>
>
> --
> J.G.Harston - jgh@... - mdfs.net/User/JGH
> The most perfect world is an imperfect world as the imperfections give
> people a reason to strive to change it.
>
>
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