On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:31:03PM +0200, Daniel Elstner wrote:
> Arguing that the exact value isn't important, but then insisting on the
> 1024 convention just seems silly to me. Either it is important or it
> isn't. In those situation where the difference matters, you need to
> know the factor.
Am Mittwoch, den 03.06.2009, 23:10 -0700 schrieb Brian J. Tarricone:
> On 06/03/2009 05:36 PM, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
>
> > Yes; we messed up 30 years ago and said "k" when we
> > meant "Ki". Oops. Sorry about that.
>
> Well, no, 30 years ago there was no "Ki". So people did the logical
> th
On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 23:10 -0700, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> [1] Of course, the marketing departments of some storage media companies
> arbitrarily decided it could have different meanings in the *same*
> context too.
I believe those storage companies have been sued and have either settled
or
On 06/03/2009 05:36 PM, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
Yes; we messed up 30 years ago and said "k" when we
meant "Ki". Oops. Sorry about that.
Well, no, 30 years ago there was no "Ki". So people did the logical
thing and picked the prefix that represented the correct *magnitude* of
the value.
2009/6/3 Benjamin Drung :
> Am Mittwoch, den 03.06.2009, 23:53 +0100 schrieb Rui Tiago Cação Matos:
>> 2009/6/3 Benjamin Drung :
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
>> > counted in power of two.
>>
>> You may want to check the colour of the pre
On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:07:37 -0700
"Brian J. Tarricone" wrote:
> > * It would avoid ambiguity and consumer confusion:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#Consumer_confusion
>
> Arguably, using KiB etc. in the user interface could confuse the user
> just as much.
I make the same ar
Benjamin Drung wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 03.06.2009, 23:53 +0100 schrieb Rui Tiago Cação Matos:
2009/6/3 Benjamin Drung :
g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
counted in power of two.
You may want to check the colour of the previous bike shed here
h
Am Mittwoch, den 03.06.2009, 23:53 +0100 schrieb Rui Tiago Cação Matos:
> 2009/6/3 Benjamin Drung :
> > Hello,
> >
> > g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
> > counted in power of two.
>
> You may want to check the colour of the previous bike shed here
> http://mail
Benjamin Drung wrote:
Hello,
g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
counted in power of two. The SI defines following prefixes:
k = 1000
M = 1000 k
G = 1000 M
...
Please use the IEC standard for binary prefixes:
Ki = 1024
Mi = 1024 Ki
Gi = 1024 Mi
...
Oh god, l
2009/6/3 Benjamin Drung :
> Hello,
>
> g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
> counted in power of two.
You may want to check the colour of the previous bike shed here
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-December/msg00237.html
Rui
Hello,
g_format_size_for_display uses the wrong prefixes for units that are
counted in power of two. The SI defines following prefixes:
k = 1000
M = 1000 k
G = 1000 M
...
Please use the IEC standard for binary prefixes:
Ki = 1024
Mi = 1024 Ki
Gi = 1024 Mi
...
More information can be found here
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