We use a Binary number system (long post) was: [plug] honeymoon is over - Telstra introduces traffic cap on freedom ADSL

[Jason]

Dragging this way off-topic...

Michael Hunt wrote:


> [1999 upate: there is an IEC proposal for binary multipliers, but no
> evidence that any of its proposals are in live use.]


"kibibytes" and "mebibytes" anyone? That's the proposal to "clear up the 
confusion" between the decimal and binary systems....

http://www.slashdot.org/articles/99/08/10/0259245.shtml



Jason




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