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I would agree with that (and in fact a few years back I did agree with it), if it weren't for the small fact that computer usage is now abstracted so many times away from binary data storage concepts.
Nowadays, unless your work specifically involves fine-detailed storage of data, the ol' binary stuff is about as relevant as the Newton and Newton metre are to people who drive over bridges, as opposed to the engineers who design them.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Exactly! And when you up the quantities into hard drive levels (GB or TB) it becomes even less important. By the time you partition, format (into any one of a half dozen types) and install your chosen OS the space remaining is a totally obscure number.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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You don't say. Well, at least I'm not the only one that thinks Kibi is pointless and stupid.
Jeremy Falcon
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I propose we call them "freedombytes", cause 'merica.
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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Also, http://xkcd.com/394/[^]
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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The baker's kilobyte... nice. 
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm only using KB (in the mean of 1024), why to mix up clear(?-stnadard) technical definitions 
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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The meaning of a word should not be depending on capitalization. I don't like the newfangled stuff like "decimal bytes" either.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Yep that is very right. I use KB for 1024, but yes one should not make a difference between kB and KB, because the origin to describe memory of a computer is clearly emerged (? hope I hit the right word) 2^x.
Ehe, "decimal bytes", very good expression...maybe worth to make a copy right on it!?
Maybe one can invent a wiki page for this 
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I'm using KiB (or 1024), now. In some pieces of code there's no place for misunderstanding.
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I'm old fashioned, there's not much misunderstanding with KB to me. Granted I was slow to accept C#, I may have to die to accept KiB.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm old and old fashioned, I accepted the garbage collector only because Lua has it. Nevertheless...
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I have never come across a real-world situation where it actually matters
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Because you were doing it differently from anyone else, which was OK back when we kept you in that hole, but times have changed and we have to pull you into the light from time to time.
You geek, you!
Problem ist with e.g. Mega. Because mB would be millibyte, and MB is reserved for 106
So you, you could have your kilo, but still would have your mebi.
... and the wisdom to know the difference.
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peterchen wrote: Because mB would be millibyte, and MB is reserved for 106
Never even heard of millibyte until now. I would've assumed mB is a decimal megabyte just like kilo. Apparently not. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Well, of course, since millibyte is virtually never a *useful* thing to have (just like Gigafarad).
But using it there (just like the colloquial k=1000 vs. K=1024) just wouldn't work.
I dislike them, too - but I understand the necessity.
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I had a byte of kibi[^] over the weekend. It was yummy.
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Used to play on these[^] when I was young.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Beautiful...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wow. I wonder if she used infrared film for a couple of those -- the leaves on the tree remind me of how flowers light up in the IR spectrum.
Marc
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I was trying to figure what she used in some of them also.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Filters and/or postprocessing?
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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Probably Photoshop, most photographers use it!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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