Norm you need to upgrade <lol> we are in Gbytes now..... and that's not Greek-bytes is Giga which in Greek means "giant"
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Columbia 8.7 #73 Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> 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 Message] >> From: Eric T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 11/23/2008 1:44:44 PM >> 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 explained a very few times. >> I have seen the standard (Kbyte = 1000 bytes) usage , when used in > relation >> to computers, explained (in small print) more often. >> >> Eric Thompson >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > 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/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1806 - Release Date: 22/11/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] 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/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
