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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead of KiB and
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2009-07-08 16:06:02
Message-ID: h32g5a$bfh$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Michael Pyne wrote:
> And if they don't have more than a vague knowledge of what a kilobyte is, what 
> does it matter (and more importantly, gain) what a kibibyte is?  Who else uses 
> kibibyte?  Nobody!

???

*Everybody* uses kibibytes. Some (KDE, GNU) actually call them that; 
many mislabel them (if they ever mention the full name at all). Besides 
hard disk manufacturers, I don't know who uses kilobytes (well, 
gigabytes rather, since HDD's aren't measured in kxxxbytes these days).

The "nerds" are finally pushing people to not misrepresenting units, and 
IMO this is a good thing. It's not going to happen the other way around.

(I'm also unimpressed by what M$ is doing. Keep in mind you're talking 
about a company based in the country that still uses the bloody 
*imperial* measurement system; adjust your expectations accordingly.)

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Matthew
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