10-23-2007, 04:52 PM
[quote sekker]I find the techie views on this amusing. 'kilo', 'giga', 'mega' have very defined scientific definitions of 1000, 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000. They do not mean '1024' or '1024 x 1024x1024', etc.
In the tech industry, they do. That's why the "techie views" are different than yours, and thus correct.
Hard drives are part of the computer industry, so of course they should stick with the measure that industry uses.
Kilograms are a different thing altogether. Kilograms have nothing to do with binary.
It's no coincidence that the "techie views" are correct when talking about the tech industry.
In the tech industry, they do. That's why the "techie views" are different than yours, and thus correct.
The only industry where they have redefined these prefixes is the computer industry. This is the reason I cannot blame Seagate - '1000' is not really '1024', no matter what your operating system says.
Hard drives are part of the computer industry, so of course they should stick with the measure that industry uses.
A kilogram is not 1024 grams, it is 1000 grams.
Kilograms are a different thing altogether. Kilograms have nothing to do with binary.
It's no coincidence that the "techie views" are correct when talking about the tech industry.