Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GB vs. MB | From | Drago Goricanec <> | Date | Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:16:16 +0900 |
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Oh, come on! What difference does it make whether we call 4100000 bytes 4.1 MB (10^6) or 3.91 MB (2^20)? It's still 4100000 bytes. Perhaps it's unfortunate that MB means two different things and the meaning depends on the context. But who really cares! It's only a bootup message, which doesn't impact operation of the system. I personally think this one thing should be at the whim and discretion of the person who added the message. There should be some artistic licence left in programming, otherwise it becomes a boring chore.
So let this thread die.
(BTW, for the bean counters, I prefer the status quo.)
Drago
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