[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Expanding on my message. >> >> My point is that there are two definitions of Kilobytes. In one a >> Kilobyte=1000bytes, in the other a Kilobyte=1054bytes and this dichotomy >> is used to cheat people. >> > > REPLY > Sorry to disagree but since the late sixties when I first learned computer > terminology it was understood that one kilobyte of memory was in fact 1024 > bytes. It was the closest thing to 1000 consistent with a number divisible > I took that as a typo. Norm knows better.
Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html