Re: OT - Convert output of byte count to GB count?
Ralf Mardorf a écrit :
> On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 09:50 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> On Mi, 13 feb 13, 14:08:15, Richard Hector wrote:
>>> Abusing the standard prefixes like that was always a horrible hack.
>> +1
>>
>> It's also a major source of confusion for many users.
Agreed. And now there are "official" binary prefixes, so there is no
excuse for not using them when powers of 2 are more convenient instead
of abusing SI decimal prefixes.
> $ hwinfo --memory
> Memory Size: 3 GB + 512 MB
>
> so it should be GiB, but they call it GB.
Bad habits die hard. Many programs have been faulty, but more and more
are getting fixed.
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