Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

["John H. Robinson, IV" <jaqque@sbih.org>]

Miles Bader wrote:
> Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > On the other hand, we have the chance to avoid user confusion
> 
> No one is actually confused.

can you say, in all the thousands of users, not a single one is ever
confused? Not a single one ever wonders if it means 1000 or 1024?
1048576 or 1000000? 1073741824 or 1000000000?

> This "standard" doesn't actually solve a real problem.
  http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html


It does solve a real problem. It solves an ambiguity. Does k mean 1000
or 1024? Does M mean 1000000 or 1048576?

Answer: k mean 1 000
        ki means 1 024
	m means 1 000 000
	mi means 1 048 576

No more ambiguity.

Because you see no problem does not mean there is none.

If you want to use the ``classical'' SI units as a basis, then look no
further than deka: abbreviated da.
  http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html

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