[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.
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Sorry to disagree but since the late sixties when I first
Well, it won't be the first time I have disagreed with authority. I still
maintain that kilo and mega should be abbreviated K and M and will do
so until they pry my keyboard from my dead, cold, fingers.
And as for using kibibit to represent 1024 bits, I have never seen it used
I suppose because
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Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
Norm,
When you look at the capacity of a disk drive, or the amount of memory
installed in a computer, you are always seeing that Kbytes = 1024 bytes
thing. Of course the computer industry assumes that everyone knows all
this so it is only
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Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery, used by sellers to make
their stuff look more valuable than it is.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
[Original
Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery, used by sellers to make
their stuff look more valuable than it is.
Norm
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Not so!
It is based on the fact early computers used octal numbering instead of
the decimal number system. This was simply a mathematical convenience to
start with.
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Columbia 8.7 #73
Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake NY
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Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called
I don't think you understood what norm said.I am sure he will debate.
On your last comment, you think Saxons had six fingers? 12 in both hands?
or whoever came up with the divisions of an inch? or the whole imperial
system of measurements?
Yanni Marinated
Ah Yanni, you gotten da languages
would really like some of whatever Yanni is marinated in...
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org
Date: 11/23/2008 5:25:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
I don't think you
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End of Soap Box...
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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Date: 11/23/2008 4:32:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery
Arild,
Love your messages, your experience is so deep, and your expression
delightful.
I would really like some of whatever Yanni is marinated in...
Norm
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I thought it was Rezina, but maybe its Ouzo. VBG
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Norm is correct. I am in the business and we have to deal with this
when it comes to RAM sizes and Hard Drive specs on a daily basis.
Sam
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Oh no!! the marketing morons have invaded true geek speak and corrupted
our language,. frown
Is nothing sacred? Somebody should keel haul those
I also noticed on my Mom's meds the symbol for microgram is MCG.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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To: liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org
Sent: 11/18/2008 8:15:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Battery Discharge Depth
Norm of
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Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli
To: liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 1:24 PM
I also noticed on my Mom's meds the symbol for microgram is MCG.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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Norm
I think this could be for liability issues so it stands out against the other
words. Being more noticeable
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Columbia 8.7 #73
On the Hard
Mayo MD
--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Norm of Bandersnatch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Norm
Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
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*From:* Yanni Nikopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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*Sent:* 11/22/2008 8:50:26 AM
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Norm
I think this could be for liability issues so it stands out against the
other
These 2 pages from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST
- used to be called the National Bureau of Standards before I retired)
will explain how scientists are using the International System of Units
(SI). These definitions are the ones t:hat are required in order to
meet the
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