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to: George White
from: Rodrigo Cesar Banhara
date: 1999-10-06 15:07:02
subject: Kib, Mib, gib: 1024^n ?

 -=> Quoting George White to Rodrigo Cesar Banhara <=-

 GW> Hi Rodrigo,

Hi George

 JS>> I like k,m and g for the small ones, K,M, and G for the big
 JS>> ones...
 RCB> I like that way, too.

 GW> And that gets all the engineers laughing at when they see a
 GW> 300mHz processor (m = milli = 10^-3).
 GW> Case for differentiation between 1000 and 1024 is not viable because
 GW> of existing SI standard usage. You'll just have to get used to the
 GW> usage Jonathan posted...

Not officially, sure. I know it, but case is easy on commands...

== Rodrigo Cesar Banhara == rcb@netdata.com.br ==

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