[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Docs fixes

[D Richard Felker III]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 10:13:54PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > No. the ISO decimal rate is signed by Ki and Mi.
> > 
> > Really?? I'm sure I've seen this story the other way around (Ki and Mi
> > used as binary, not decimal).
> 
> you're right...
> 
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
> 
> read this, it has also explanation about lower and uppercase b for bits vs
> bytes and other things on this topic.
> with google i also found that both XFree and linux kernel followed this
> spec. and changed messages recently.

IMNSHO this change is total idioicy. Meaning should always be clear
from the context. Anyone writing Ki or Mi looks like a total fool.

Rich