-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010-09-02 13:26, Philipp Thomas wrote:
* Carlos E. R. (carlos.e.r@opensuse.org) [20100902 12:59]:
Yes, but the name has changed. 1024 Bytes is now one kibibyte, abbreviated 1 KiB. And 1 KB is now exactly 1000 bytes, following the same rule as for any other unit of measurement (SI).
I know. But apart from the fact that AFAIK the USA do not follow SI. That KiB/KB mess was created by people with no knowledge of the computer environment.
The IEEE no knowledge? >:-)
KB has stood for 1024 bytes for decades before some beaurocrats went wild and thought that they would have to regulate things that really needn't.
Rather, the computer people stole the definition of Kilo for their own uses, changing it to 1024 (a small 2% error), instead of creating their own new definition. Now that sizes are in the Tera, the difference has become very important.
It's like here in Germany some folks demanding to ban all sizes in inch and always use SI units which would be ridiculous for e.g. CRT/LC screens.
That would be an exageration, and any way, there is no confussion in the names of the units. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx/kksACgkQU92UU+smfQU+wQCeJPlz+vM4lcts9IcNwrZNXhFh 1LEAnjf4PwQDizyTEQk/M4D/986XGEpg =GduX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org