Bug#684128: false advertising
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:11:05 +0200,
Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> I think you probably have a strange definition of "just about
> everybody". In reality, I think that just about nobody cares about
> gigabytes being 2^30, or 1000000000. This is basically splitting
> hairs, which "wishlist" perfectly fits.
This has caught me out in the past. When it says gigabyte I expect 2^30
bytes. Hopefully this time when I do an installation I will remember to get
a calculator out. The people who don't care are mostly those who don't know
what a gigabyte is.
Roger
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