On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:45:00 +0200 FORT Yannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hello everyone; it's my first mail on this list ;) I've been in the computer world for a long time now - 20 years or so. and KB = kilobyte = 1024 bytes. MB = megabyte = 1024x1024 bytes. ie power of 2's always for memory or sizes on disk (of files). ALWAYS. hd manufacturers decided to play a nice trick and use 1000x1000 to play the numbers game of "my disk is bigger than yours" without having to do any engineering. somehow it stuck. networking has always talking in BITS as it generally has been serial lines thus they talk in bits and thus Mb == megabit - but they chose to use Kb = kilobit = 1000 bits and 1000x1000 bits for a megabit. this is just how it is - it is the way its done. personally i detest the hd size and network way of doing things. this is binary - computers. long live power of 2's. if u were to refer to current download speed or bandwidth used on a network device i would lean to converting it into KB or MB (1024 bytes or 1024x1024 bytes) and the bits be damned. in not sticking to these standards u will confuse people even more as these are how it has been done ever since the dawn of time... pretty much :) > I really think the MiB standard MUST be used, if you don't respect > standards, you surely want people to use .doc, .xls for office use, MSN > as a chat protocol, THIS is stupid ... > > When i read MiB, i'm sure it's 1024*1024 B, but when i read MB, i don't > know if it's 1000*1000 or 1024*1024, f***ing unrespected standards > > I learn at school Kilo is 1000x and Mega is 1000*1000x, why would it be > different for Bytes ? > > Please use Kibi, Mebi Gibi, etc ... > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
