> 
> > Not really.  As I remarked in a similar context when someone else was
> > being bitten by "metric" disk size claims from a disk maker, what they
> > need is for someone to slap them with a misleading-advertising suit.
> 
> So, you're going to stand up in front of 12 people chosen from the population
> at large and inform them that "million" means 1,048,576 instead of 1,000,000?
> 
> Just be glad that disk manufacturers don't report capacity in octal...
> 

If it was reported in octal it would be blatenly obvious that 
*something* was up with the numbers.

As it stands now, people don't know they are being shortchanged until
they get the drive home and hook it up.

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