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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas () telefonica ! net>
Date:       2009-07-13 20:25:05
Message-ID: alpine.LSU.2.00.0907132206350.5712 () nimrodel ! valinor
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On Tuesday, 2009-07-07 at 01:07 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:

> 	Thanks, but that was a "non-answer". The question is "where can I
> 	turn the stupid "i" off to get MB and KB back?" MB could be
> 	defined and "duck soup" by wikipedia and "MiB" could be defined as
> 	"horse crap" -- I don't care. I just want to be able to choose
> 	whether I see MB or MiB displayed next to the numbers and I prefer
> 	MB. This is KDE which is supposed to be configurable. My screen
> 	space is at a premium and I don't need it wasted on an additional
> 	column of "i"s streaming down my page that mean, and add,
> 	"nothing" to my use of the desktop.

You can not change it, period.

MiB is the correct unit per the current standard, so it is here to stay, 
and devs have the "obligation" to use it. I think I read a commitment to 
that end somewhere, perhaps in Novell or openSUSE.

You could request the devs to add a setting to measure sizes in multiples 
of 10 instead, and then the units would show as "MB", but meaning 10⁶, 
which is not what you expect.


Some references:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541>
    IEEE 1541-2002 is a standard issued by the Institute of Electrical and
    Electronics Engineers (IEEE) concerning the use of prefixes for binary
    multiples of units of measurement related to digital electronics and
    computing.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60027>
    International Electrotechnical Commission's standard on Letter symbols
    to be used in electrical technology

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix>


And there you can find the references to the official references of the 
professional associations.

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Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.
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