For American numbers

[Dave Brueck]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> 
>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> For the rest of the computer world, unless I've missed
>>> a changing of the guard or something, "kilo" is 1024
>>> and "mega" is 1024*1024 and so forth...
>>
>> In case this isn't clear yet: you have missed a changing
>> of the guard or something. "kibi" is 1024, "mebi" is
>> 1024*1024 and so forth. "kilo" is 1000.
> 
> Yeah, saw the link.  The IEC doesn't speak for me, I'm afraid.
> And as the wikipedia notes, "As of 2005 this naming convention
> has not gained widespread use."
> 
> I suspect I and many others will go to our graves not being
> comfortable mebbling and gibbling over our bytes, though
> we'll probably spend a lot of time kibbling over the issue...

Indeed - it's a little early to say that we've missed a changing of the guard! :)

Multiple definitions aside, "kilo" and "mega" are far too entrenched - even if I 
could manage to say "kibibyte" with a straight face, I'd get nothing but blank 
stares in return.

-Dave