On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 01:08:06PM +0100, Matt London wrote:

> ...because they're using the *real world* definition of Kilo, Mega,
> Giga, etc, which is 1000, 1000000, 1000000000 - you know, like the
> kilogram - 1000 grams, or a megaton - 1000000 tons.

yeah, the computer guys should be using the IEC standard Kibi, Mebi,
Gibi, etc, when referencing powers of two, to avoid any confusion.  :)

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