American Computers 2206 Santa Barbara San Antonio, TX 78201 sales at computadorasamericanas.com >From: Doug McNutt <douglist at macnauchtan.com> >Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." ><g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> >To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." ><g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> >Subject: Re: [G4] Browsers >Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:08:26 -0700 > >At 11:46 -0800 2/4/07, Brett George wrote: > >512MG + 256MB +128MB = 896MB > >> > >>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. > >-- >--> Marriage and kilo are troubled words. Turmoil results when >centuries-old usage is altered in specialized jargon <--. >_______________________________________________ >G4 mailing list >G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > >Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 _________________________________________________________________ http://homepage.msn.com/zune?icid=hmetagline