On 01/03/2013 08:50 AM, R.S. wrote:
W dniu 2013-01-03 15:17, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze:
Scott Ford wrote:
That's a lot of pancakes
With or without sugar/syrup? ;-D
Which ones?
I prefer 8" pancakes without syrup.
I don't like those small 3,5" pancakes, sold in round packs of 1024.
BTW: We have "decimal" MB and "binary" MiB.
So, what is binary form of "a lot of"
In that context the "B" is specifically "Bytes", The "M" and "Mi"
prefixes are universal, so "Mi-anything" or "Mebi-anything" would still
be applicable for a binary prefix. I guess the issue would become
whether there is a standard unit for "pancakes", although the example
above could also just be stated as "1 Kibi pancakes". One could choose
to use "Mi" or other binary prefixes with any of the conventional units
of volume; but since there is no legitimate reason for counting volume
in binary, don't expect comprehension by anyone except science nerds.
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Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected]
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