[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes

[Måns Rullgård]

Panagiotis Issaris said:
> M?ns Rullg?rd schreef:
>> Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala at pp1.inet.fi> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 17:49 -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
>>>> Ah, but I don't think it was consciously done by any group; I believe it
>>>> was done "in passing< by simply using the term that way because it was
>>>> close enough, and became a de-facto standard usage thereby. Nobody
>>>> arrogated to themselves the authority to redefine the existing term.
>>> It became a "de-facto standard" for some people, but most people have
>>> never accepted a change in the meaning of k, M etc. As the usage spread
>>> it also became obvious that it was a bad idea.
>>
>> The only thing that became obvious is that some people should never
>> have been allowed anywhere near a computer.
> Ahum, I bet that those Roman emperors or [insert your favorite dictator]
> would agree with you on that [1].
>
> Seriously though, are you talking about those who started using the 'k',
> 'M' and 'G' prefixes incorrectly? ;)

I'm obviously talking about those too stupid to understand which meaning
is the intended one.  Eternal September really seems to be eternal...

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