Today I saw that somewhere around 1997 the answer to this 6÷2(1+2) changed from 1 to 9, also because of techno-cultural influences.
Keith - CDI > On Jan 15, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Wayne Stewart wrote: > >> I'm trying to create a method that will return a file size as a string, >> similar to how the Finder does. >> >> Although I get "a result" it's not the "same result" as reported in the >> Finder :( >> >> It turns out that in the Finder KB are 1000 bytes, MB are 1000 KB etc. >> >> I wasted a fair bit of time on this ! > > > Yes, a kilobyte is 1,024 bytes and it used to be if you saw “K” that was a > kilobyte. I guess now the standard is a “K” is 1,000. I remember learning > this in college back in the 80’s. And a MB was 1,024 * 1,024 back then too. > > Didn’t this also have something to do with how hard drive manufacturers were > reporting drive sizes. People thought they were getting ripped off for some > bytes when it was really just a terminology issue. Then Apple decided to > change to match what the hard drive people were doing. Does anyone else > remember it like this? > > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3071175 > > Tim > > Tim Nevels > timnev...@mac.com <mailto:timnev...@mac.com> > Innovative Solutions > 785-749-3444 > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
