RE: Lua short reference part 1 - draft 1 (OT)

["Richard Ranft" <rranft@...>]

Thought MiB was a tongue-in-cheek jab at American Pop-culture....

I guess it's about time someone stepped in and straightened things out for
the laymen.  I've always just understood what the terms meant in context,
but there are always those people who have to have it spelled out by a
standards committee before they're happy - and someone will still have to
know what the heck is being discussed....

How many of us still regularly work in nibbles?

-----Original Message-----
From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
[mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br]On Behalf Of Jamie Webb
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:49 PM
To: Lua list
Subject: Re: Lua short reference part 1 - draft 1 (OT)


On Monday 08 March 2004 21:31, Enrico Colombini wrote:
> On Monday 08 March 2004 20:12, Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> > GC: I don't know what KiB are...
>
> Neither did I till not long ago. It happened outside our field, and looks
> like it's here to stay:
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

Not entirely out of our field. Raw hard drive capacity for example is always
quoted in MiB.

-- Jamie Webb