15 Aug
2002
15 Aug
'02
6:33 p.m.
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