[OT -- no remaining Linux content] [plug] Dude, where is my HD space gone?

[James Devenish]

Hi,

In message <20040702131133.3d08e936.bladebadger at westnet.com.au>
on Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 01:11:33PM +0800, Adam Davin wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:05:32 +0800
> James Devenish <devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > In message <40E3E73B.5030605 at westnet.com.au>
> > on Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 06:28:11PM +0800, Garry wrote:
> > > | 111GB * 95% = 105MB
> > > Do you reckon?
> > (Aside from the factor of 1024...) I guess I /should/ have written
> > 111GiB * 95% = 105MiB
> ... I still have a minor problem with ... the units... 

The erroneous equation was:
 111GB * 95% = 105MB
It has two errors. Fixing one of those
(and bluffing with the other) gives:
 111GiB * 95% = 105MiB
(As stated.) The correct equation, if you
want to go that far, was meant to have been:
 111GiB * 95% = 105GiB
Phew.