The guys on the Linux Kernel Mailing List are going wacko over this.
Apparently somebody wanted to change all of the definitions of MB and GB,
etc, etc, to use powers of ten, rather than the traditional binary
notations. That really set off a firestorm of discussions....
- Matt
At 03:49 PM 1/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>! From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo_at_siconic.com]
>......
>! They should coin a new term for a fake Megabyte (i.e.
>! something other than 1024 ^ 2). Call it a "Maybebyte".
>!
>! That wasn't funny.
>!
>! Sellam Ismail
>
>I thought it was. Or am I that weird?
>
>
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