[G4] Browsers

[Doug McNutt]

At 11:46 -0800 2/4/07, Brett George wrote:
>512MG + 256MB +128MB = 896MB
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>>How do you get to 7/8ths of a full Gig? 896 MB is an odd number, in my mind. Just a curiosity! 

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix>
<http://www.physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html>
<http://www.physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html>

Computer gurus think 512 is a half, 256 is a quarter and 128 is an eighth. It's a good thing they don't handle my finances.  When they count they don't include their thumbs.

And a MG must be on a planet that has 512000000 times the gravity of Earth.

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