base 2 or base 10.

[Knapp]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I note with some amusement that Slashdot and several other sites are
>> alight with the news that Ubuntu are about to provide the option to
>> display filesizes in base 10 or base 2.
>>
>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/03/27/1451238/Ubuntu-Will-Switch-To-Base-10-File-Size-Units-In-Future-Release?art_pos=6
>>
>> Any positive or negative reactions to this from the users here? Moving
>> the buttons from right to left caused some people pain - how do you
>> feel about this "improvement" to the UI?
>
> Hit send too early...
>
> Personally, I welcome the correction to using kilo to mean 1024 but
> the old computer science degree in me is spinning in its grave at this
> travesty of injustice
>
>
>
> --
> Steve

Switching it to base 10 was just a marketing ploy in the first place,
it makes drives look bigger. We are counting bits so base 2 is the
correct way to go. Problem is that base 10 has been marketed so long
now that most people think it IS standard and correct.



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Douglas E Knapp

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