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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead of KiB and
From:       Thomas =?iso-8859-15?q?L=FCbking?= <thomas.luebking () web ! de>
Date:       2009-07-09 19:18:14
Message-ID: 200907092118.14855.thomas.luebking () web ! de
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Am Thursday 09 July 2009 schrieb Michael Howell:
> Which is exactly why we should use KiB. Let them choose traditional or EIC
> KB, but let's use a sane and unambiguous measure by default.
You're aware that this is what Michael (Pyne) is after all over the time?!

Regards,
Thomas

ps:
it's "IEC", the EIC (East India Company) would certainly be in favor of both: 
imperial and JEDEC suffixes (KB rather than kB, has issues with MB, GB. etc. - 
i know)

pps:
if anyone wonders: according to WP the USA are one out of three nations 
(liberia and myanmar - no wait: ceylon, no... hähhh ;-) are the others...) 
that have not officially accepted SI as sole or even primary system... =D

ppps:
i didn't want to enter this rather childish discussion (feeling offended? 
sorry, can't help), but while i'm at it - here my 2¢:
- i'm perfectly fine with KiB (2^n)
- i'm perfectly fine with KB (2^n) either
- i'd be perfectly fine with kB (10^3) either, but...
- ..i  strongly object KB, and unfortunately MB, GB, TB (if we ever wanted to 
support 10^k we needed to stress that MUCH more)
- "KiB" will likely trigger some bug reports from ppl. who not read here or 
elsewhere on this rather confusing topic - and it's certainly not me who'll 
explain that (i.e. whenever i'll get asked i'll answer: make a bug report) >-)
-> therefore a soution that leaves us a runtime choice (between KiB and KB for 
2^n) would likely be a smart idea

pppps:
can anyone explain "KiB" i mean: where's the relation to "binary" shouldn't it 
be "KbB" or "K2B" or (cooler) "K²B" (unfortunaltely i don't see an underscore 
2 in ASCII - is there not better SI standard =D (scrn))

Regards again and
"Everybody be cool. You! Be cool!"

Thomas
 
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