On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 13:06 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote: > In my opinion the kibi-, mibi-, and gibi- prefixes are lame. I > think it's better to use the conventional kilo-, mega- and giga- prefixes, > since they sound good, and to actually know what you are talking about. > After all, these are not the only of homonyms in the English language. > > Oblig. Linux content: Err, my Mepis netbook's in my bag? > > A > As a wrinkly geek, I'm obviously only interested in real GB's, but it's only a number, so if all the marketing geeks have gone for the highest up the wall and decided to use squillions of bytes, I don't really suppose it matters as long as they all use the same value of squillion...
+1 for using execrebly in a clug post. (: Steve
