On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:22:57PM -0800, Ian Mallett wrote: > I'm not sure. I think PyDay should have a set of clearly defined rules. > If everyone objects to clarifications by one person, I think we should > decide on the rules together. I'm guessing this last is because 1024 is > not intuitive. Kilo means 1000, so KB should mean 1000 bytes. I think > the computer industry is stupid: > 1000bytes = 1024bytes = 1KB > 1KB = 1.024KB = 1/1024MB = 1/1000MB > Ian
1024 is used because it is a power of two. 1000 is not a power of two. I reccomend reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte for anyone who is often confused by the 1000 vs 1024 issue. --- James Paige
