Post by thread:[OT] KibiBytes: not intended for canine consumptio

Apropos of the Metric System discussion from a few months ago, it Seems the IEC and IEEE are finally attempting to do something about the ambiguity in the meaning of SI prefixes when applied to quantities of data storage. To quote: "The new prefixes are kibi (abbreviated Ki) meaning 2^10, mebi (Mi) meaning 2^20, gibi (Gi) meaning 2^30, tebi (Ti) meaning 2^40, pebi (Pi) meaning 2^50, and exbi (Ei) meaning 2^60." Personally, I think that the new prefixes are downright adorable, and I think we should use them at every opportunity. They are already an approved IEC standard, the IEC is presenting them to the IEEE for adoption. Source article here: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/spectrum/aug99/departments/tech.html Link courtesy Slashdot... --Bob -- ============================================================ Bob Drzyzgula It's not a problem spam_OUTbobTakeThisOuTdrzyzgula.org until something bad happens ============================================================

Bob Drzyzgula <.....picKILLspam@spam@drzyzgula.org> wrote: > "The new prefixes are kibi (abbreviated Ki) meaning > 2^10, mebi (Mi) meaning 2^20, gibi (Gi) meaning 2^30, > tebi (Ti) meaning 2^40, pebi (Pi) meaning 2^50, and > exbi (Ei) meaning 2^60." I don't think I can say them with a straight face. -g

> So, in school they will say....Now, everyone... let's say all the new prefixes, repeat after me... kibi,mebi,gibi,tebi,pebi,exbi hepi,mehi,gibti,tebsi,pexi,esci hetimitijipitibiminixesci ... > Bob Drzyzgula <picKILLspamdrzyzgula.org> wrote: > > > "The new prefixes are kibi (abbreviated Ki) meaning > > 2^10, mebi (Mi) meaning 2^20, gibi (Gi) meaning 2^30, > > tebi (Ti) meaning 2^40, pebi (Pi) meaning 2^50, and > > exbi (Ei) meaning 2^60." >

On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 10:04:19PM -0700, Greg Wiley wrote: > Bob Drzyzgula <.....picKILLspam.....drzyzgula.org> wrote: > > > "The new prefixes are kibi (abbreviated Ki) meaning > > 2^10, mebi (Mi) meaning 2^20, gibi (Gi) meaning 2^30, > > tebi (Ti) meaning 2^40, pebi (Pi) meaning 2^50, and > > exbi (Ei) meaning 2^60." > > I don't think I can say them with a straight face. > > -g Personally, I think that they'd make excellent names for Teletubbies. --Bob -- ============================================================ Bob Drzyzgula It's not a problem EraseMEbobspam_OUTTakeThisOuTdrzyzgula.org until something bad happens ============================================================