Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Heikki Orsila <shdl@zakalwe.fi>
Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Tony Foiani <tkil@scrye.com>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:27:11 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701212223340.29213@yvahk01.tjqt.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070121150618.GA11613@zakalwe.fi>

On Jan 21 2007 17:06, Heikki Orsila wrote:
>
>> 2) No sane person would say kibibyte as required by the standard. You'd need
>>    a sppech defect in order to do this, and a mental defect in order to try.
>>    So why should anybody adhere to the rest of this bullshit?
>
>I think I'm not sane then. I find it easy to use and pronounce.
>
>IEC 60027-2 is a great standard! It removes some annoying ambiquity in 
>speech and text. Adhering strictly to proper SI units (k, M, G, ...) 
>makes life easier as they are taught in school to everyone.

Bleh. Except for storage, base 1024 was used for almost everything
I remember. 4 MB memory meant 4096 KB, and that's still the case today.
Most likely the same for transfer rates.
It's just that storage vendors broke the computer rule and went with 1000.
Just teach all the exceptions. No life is without.

	-`J'
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