Dnia 2014-03-30, o godz. 23:13:50
Richard Yao <ryao@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> Lets just stick with the JEDEC standard's way of doing things that came from IBM.

JEDEC itself admits it have failed with the 'standard way':

| NOTE 2 The definitions of kilo, giga, and mega based on powers of two
| are included only to reflect common usage. IEEE/ASTM SI 10‑1997 states
| "This practice frequently leads to confusion and is deprecated." Further
| confusion results from the popular use of a "megabyte" consisting
| of 1 024 000 bytes to define the capacity of the familiar "1.44‑MB"
| diskette.

http://www.jedec.org/standards-documents/dictionary/terms/mega-m-prefix-units-semiconductor-storage-capacity

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Best regards,
Michał Górny