[X4U] How big is a DVD really?

Simon Forster simon-lists at ldml.com
Wed Nov 22 08:15:07 PST 2006


On 22 Nov 2006, at 15:46, Michael Winter wrote:

> That whole 1000 vs. 1024 for "k" has caused problems since day 1.

Isn't that why we have kibibytes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
Kibibyte>?

kilobyte (KB) = 10^3
kibibyte (KiB) = 2^10

It's a mad, bad world ;-)

Simon Forster
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