Thus spake John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Deryk Barker writes: > > Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers. > > And the ISO. > > > To them 1GB = 1,000,000,000 as you note above. > > Correct. Giga -> 10^9 = 1,000,000,000. > > > Of course, most software does the right thing and report in terms of > > powers of 2, where 1GB = 1,073,741,824. > > Incorrect. Gibi -> 2^30 = 1,073,741,824.
Which, unless my eyes are far worse than my optician thinks, is *precisely* the number I entered above. Evidently I'm missing your point. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
