Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in

Pete Cervasio (cervasio@charter.net)
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:20:13 -0600


At 02:00 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, Mike Dresser wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
>> > The unit here is B, which does conflict with the unit bel, but is
>> > widely used to mean byte in computer contexts.
>>
>> Also, the kilobell is highly unlikely to be used ;)
>>
>> Rik
>
>Dunno about that, the S/N ratio on slashdot seems to get into the kB's
>somedays.
>

Your threshold is set too high. Read at -1 for megabels. ;)

Best regards,
Pete C.

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