[MPlayer-users] I wrote a mencoder mini-guide for DVD ripping

[Frederic Lochon]

On 24 aou, Dominik Mierzejewski wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Saturday, 24 August 2002, Jesus Climent wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 11:55:59PM +0200, Ralph Slooten wrote:
>> > 
>> > 1KB = 1KiloByte = 1024 bytes
>> > 1Kb = 1Kilobit = 1024 bits
>> > 1kb = 1kilobit = 1000 bits
> 
>> 1KB = 1KibiByte = 1024 bytes
>> 1Kb = 1Kibibit = 1024 bits
> 
> NO! Yuck. That was a bad idea from the beginning.
>  

Ki = kibi = 1024
k  = kilo = 1000

B   = byte
bit = bit

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

this is the official notation, but nobody cares.. hope it will change
one day (people, not the notation)

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que croire au libre arbitre est une bonne approximation.