On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:25:28 +0100 Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CaT wrote: > > Because dividing by a multpile of 10 essentially simply moves the > > decimal point to the left. The thing that's not bleedingly obvious > > there though is that 156290816 is in kibibytes. :) So: > > > > 156290816 * 1024 / 1000 / 1000 / 1000 ~= 160.04 GB :) > > > > Similar for 468872448. > If it's decimal, what's that "1024" doing there and why the odd number > "156290816" for a "Kibibyte"? Surely they should ALL be powers of 10? > > Seems a tad inconsistent to me... > > Besides... 1024 is "decimal"... 2^10!!! :รพ > > -- > Blessings > > Wulfmann
binary, because you use powers of 2: 1 kiB = 2^10 = 1024 1 MiB = 2^10 x 2^10 = 2^20 = 1048576 and so on decimal, because you use powers of 10: 1 kB = 10^3 = 1000 1 MB = 10^3 x 10^3 = 1000000 and so on HDD manufacturers advertise the decimal sizes of the unformated HDD, because they are bigger ;) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)