-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 krishna e bera: > On 13-11-18 07:28 PM, grarpamp wrote: >> A proper IEC gibibyte = GiB = 2^30 = 1024^3 = 1073741824 for data >> storage, ram (binary bit handling) A proper SI gigabyte = GB = >> 1E9 = 1000^3 = 1000000000 for data transmission (packet counting, >> rocketships) >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_80000 >> http://www.swedeteam.com/kibi/ >> >> Thugh they may break your broken tradition, there are current >> standards now, please use them. > > The tradition may be broken but it has roots, just as feet and > inches and acres came from real human practices. Some of us "grew > up with" that stuff and it is going to be a pain to unlearn, for > example, that a KB is 1024 bytes. Indeed this is the first i heard > that anyone changed the definitions. > > Anyway, as long as Tor docs are clear what definitions are being > used i think we can all get along fine. Suggest we add reference > URLs to Tor docs.
Why not just accept KB/sec, KiB/sec, GB/mo, GiB/mo in the config file? Best, - -Gordon M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSj5FKAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujtaIIAJwXML8D3JVW9t3+dHkjWZaY +KL1sPAsJqcurlISkm2W0Mlw1wrmMAiwoK5ZfJ9kyfxBD4pA/8AOocDpLgqUCzwi IREGIkzMLLOgJYBizPb5g5I9KWuC7gpWg5EXUuOpuHAfBvuLD6faMQ+G+l4D0yRk Ik7D/Hw5K4aOm2/U8j1n/3FASkKLJa9k+5Y1rsLM4UaRkLoQunRURnWy31Ui4mab bUXIQi+OWkhCRUOeX004BRVRxj5/cBQDvaM1qcpvH6R0Kj9YI2Tjp8XumrQgdzCY k+aM8Av+agvSzQVQCn67lFbD8u4qnzDqDsru+0FUMdQlS/UQQo4emWAVtT8vGUQ= =+lx/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
