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From: Randolph Bentson <bentson@grieg.holmsjoen.com>
To: Matt Bernstein <matt@theBachChoir.org.uk>
Cc: Steven Cole <scole@lanl.gov>,
	esr@thyrsus.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help.
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:42:26 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011220104226.A5716@grieg.holmsjoen.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200112201721.KAA05522@tstac.esa.lanl.gov> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112201810340.16545-100000@nick.dcs.qmul.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112201810340.16545-100000@nick.dcs.qmul.ac.uk>; from matt@theBachChoir.org.uk on Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:16:24PM +0000

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:16:24PM +0000, Matt Bernstein wrote:
> I believe that the main purpose of documentation, help etc is to get the
> information across in a way that is most easily understood, ie that
> minimises the number of support questions.. ..and everyone surely knows
> what GB, MB and KB stand for. So let's leave it at that. Where's the "i"
> in "megabyte" ? Or is 1MiB 1000000 bytes, rather than 1048576?
> 
> It's confusing enough with the 10 "Mb" networking / 1.44 "MB" floppy
> distinction already..

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you.  Not enough people
know that KB stands for 1000B.  I know through experience that
KB is often used for 1024B.  The introduction of KiB makes it
clear that 1024B is intended.

-- 
Randolph Bentson
bentson@holmsjoen.com

  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-20 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-20 18:02 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Steven Cole
2001-12-20 18:16 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-12-20 18:42   ` Randolph Bentson [this message]
2001-12-20 19:00     ` Dave Jones
2001-12-20 19:07       ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 18:47   ` Michael Dunsky
2001-12-20 19:00     ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-21  1:44   ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-20 18:26 ` Robert Love
2001-12-20 18:52 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 19:32   ` Steven Cole
2001-12-20 19:37     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 20:40     ` Marc Schiffbauer
2001-12-20 20:32   ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:05     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-12-20 21:14       ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-20 21:25         ` Andreas Dilger
2001-12-20 22:49         ` Mike Eldridge
2001-12-21 10:58           ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-26 18:59           ` Riley Williams
2002-01-02 17:17           ` Jonathan Amery
2002-01-02 20:17             ` Timothy Covell
2002-01-03  4:23               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-01-03 15:46                 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-24 13:39   ` Lionel Bouton
2001-12-25 11:25     ` Pavel Machek
2001-12-25 20:14       ` Lionel Bouton
2001-12-20 19:49 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 10:24   ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-22 10:47     ` Phil Howard
2001-12-22 11:30     ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-22 20:18       ` Pozsar Balazs
2001-12-23  5:39         ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-12-24 13:21     ` Ian Molton
2001-12-22 16:03   ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-23 10:43   ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-23 12:00     ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-23 16:24   ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-24 12:37   ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-28 10:25   ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-20 19:13 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p Nicholas Knight
2001-12-20 19:41 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 16:59   ` Alan Cox
2001-12-21 17:50     ` Mike Harrold
2001-12-21 18:41       ` Kent Borg
2001-12-21 18:49         ` lk
2001-12-21 19:12           ` Kent Borg
2001-12-22  4:51       ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-12-20 19:25 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-20 21:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-12-21 23:05   ` Rob Landley
2001-12-21 11:44 Christian Groessler
2001-12-21 12:50 ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 14:40   ` Reid Hekman
2001-12-21 14:48     ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-26 19:04       ` Riley Williams
2001-12-21 15:48   ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-21 16:07     ` Rene Engelhard
2001-12-21 17:43     ` Bob Glamm
2001-12-21 20:50       ` Andreas Ferber
2001-12-21 19:55 Per Jessen
     [not found] ` <by>
2001-12-22  1:48 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22  4:32   ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-22  4:49     ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22  7:57     ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22 18:22       ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 19:54         ` Derek Fawcus
2001-12-22  2:11 ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22  4:44   ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-22  4:55     ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2001-12-22  5:29   ` Ryan Cumming
2001-12-22  5:53     ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-22 22:41     ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in?Configure.help Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-22 10:53   ` Pekka Pietikäinen
2001-12-21 22:55 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Stuart Lynne
2001-12-22  2:51 Thomas Hood
2001-12-22  8:39 matthew david reuther
2002-01-08 21:18 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-12-22 23:22 Per Jessen
2001-12-23  7:21 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-23 13:35   ` Alan Cox
2001-12-23  9:18 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 16:34 ` Stephen Satchell
2002-01-08 21:24 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2002-01-08 21:29 ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-08 22:15   ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2002-01-08 23:03 ` Timothy Covell
2002-03-18 11:31 Nayyer Tiger
2002-03-18 16:12 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-03-18 16:36   ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-03-18 13:53     ` Andreas Dilger
2002-03-18 17:38     ` Jakob Kemi
2002-03-18 18:24     ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-18 18:35       ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-18 19:00         ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-18 19:08           ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-18 19:31             ` Chris Friesen
2002-03-18 22:04               ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-18 22:12                 ` Mike Dresser
2002-03-19 11:48             ` Remco Post
2002-03-18 17:04 ` Steven Cole
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203181358540.25105-100000@router.windsormac hine.com>
2002-03-19 14:20 ` Pete Cervasio

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