Re: OT - Convert output of byte count to GB count?
On Saturday 16 February 2013 10:43:51 Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> * Lisi Reisz [Sat, Feb 16 2013, 08:20:45AM]:
> > On Saturday 16 February 2013 03:20:54 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> > > When dealing with computers, it's powers of 2. When
> > > dealing with distances, it's powers of 10.
> >
> > Not so. Manufacturers of hard drives normally (frequently?) give the
> > size in decimal, though they obviously don't say so, to make them look
> > bigger.
>
> Actually, they do say so. Most harddisks I have seen so far have the
> explanation printed on them or an explicite reference to the
> documentation where they tell you that.
You may be in a different country. I have not seen this. If the print is
very small I wouldn't be able to see this. But anyway it doesn't alter my
main point that they give the numbers in decimal, not binary, to make the
size look bigger. Jerry had made the point that things connected to
computers are always in binary.
Lisi
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