> 1024 unless you're talking about the listed capacity of a harddrive, 
> then it's 1000 (The HDD manufacturers do this specifically to make their 
> drives look bigger than they actually are).

This is also done by many of us, just for simplicity.  Heck, 1000 is more
"metric system" than 1024, anyway - 1024 sounds like the number of yards in
a mile or something (yes, I do know its not 1024 yards in a mile - <g>).

Fred

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