Date   : Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:31:55 GMT
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

On Feb 10 2006, 22:30, Colin wrote:
> 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.

Have you ever tried working out IBM's own definition of the 1.44MB
disk?
Lets see... 512 bytes x 18 sectors x 80 tracks x 2 heads = 1440KB.
 There's nothing like consistency.


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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York