On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:00:55 -0400 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 July 2005, at 11:59:54 (+0200), > Martin Geisler wrote: > > > Would you consider changing the texts to reflect the IEC standard of > > KiB for 1024 bytes, MiB for 1024 KiB, and GiB for 1024 MiB? > > Boy I hope not. Such nonsense has no place in Enlightened software. > > > I think it makes things clearer in the long run if we begin using > > these units. > > No it doesn't. When you're dealing with bytes, units are multiples of > 1024 instead of 1000. It doesn't get any clearer than that. > Well, it IS a nonsense, but everyone already get used for 1024 multiplies, I think it is a bit too late for changing this. Only effect will be more clueless people. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
