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From: Derek Fawcus <dfawcus@cisco.com>
To: Timothy Covell <timothy.covell@ashavan.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in      Configure.help.
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:54:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011222195441.A5177@edinburgh.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16Hh1v-0003FP-00@the-village.bc.nu> <200112221826.fBMIQfSr023992@svr3.applink.net>
In-Reply-To: <200112221826.fBMIQfSr023992@svr3.applink.net>; from timothy.covell@ashavan.org on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 12:22:54PM -0600

On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 12:22:54PM -0600, Timothy Covell wrote:
> 
> Alas, the US government was not feeling _that_ brave yet, so they decided
> on an slightly altered system of Imperial units.   

You mean having the wrong number of fluid ounces in a pint was intentional?

DF

  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-22 19:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-21 19:55 Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help 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 [this message]
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  7:41       ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= Eric W. Biederman
2001-12-22 15:56     ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= J.A. Magallon
2002-01-08 21:24       ` 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
2002-01-08 22:59       ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB =?iso-8859-1?q?in Configure=2Ehelp=2E?= Timothy Covell
2001-12-22  5:29   ` Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help 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
2001-12-22 11:12     ` temperatures rpjday
2002-01-02 18:02   ` [OT] Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help Jonathan Amery
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203181358540.25105-100000@router.windsormac hine.com>
2002-03-19 14:20 ` Pete Cervasio
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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
2001-12-23  9:18 Per Jessen
2001-12-23 16:34 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-22 23:22 Per Jessen
2001-12-23  7:21 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-23 13:35   ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22  8:39 matthew david reuther
2002-01-08 21:18 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-12-22  2:51 Thomas Hood
2001-12-21 22:55 Stuart Lynne
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
2001-12-20 19:25 RaúlNúñez de Arenas Coronado
2001-12-20 21:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-12-21 23:05   ` Rob Landley
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 18:02 Steven Cole
2001-12-20 18:16 ` Matt Bernstein
2001-12-20 18:42   ` Randolph Bentson
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

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