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July 21, 2025 -- 12:22 AM
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March 11, 2005 -- 10:16 AM
posted by Par

Short answer, use 1000, like other SI measures.

Long answer, for low level prefixes, (kilo- and mega-), generally they use 1024, because it's a power of 2. Higher level prefixes (giga-, tera-, ...) started to use 1000, just because it's simpler to convert; particularly for consumers. It's dumb, but that's the convention now. Of course, it also depends on the implementation; some measures will use 1000, some will use 1024. (I know when they quote it to you in specs, they'll use 1000 so they end up with more gigabytes, but the software may decide that 1024 is more consistent.)

March 11, 2005 -- 10:03 AM
posted by alison

hey, how many megs are in a gig? Meagan's computer is incredibly slow, so we're wondering if maybe she's maxed out all her space with music... it would just help to know how many megabytes make up a gigabyte (because it's not a straight conversion, is it?)

March 11, 2005 -- 9:41 AM
posted by eric

WOLF EYES:

Wolf Eyes Live!
From Burned Mind
[Quicktime 4.67m]

http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/discography.php?cat=true&display_type=discog_list&type=music&bandname=Wolf%20Eyes

March 11, 2005 -- 7:51 AM
posted by edo

Haha,
JetsGo-ne

March 11, 2005 -- 7:44 AM
posted by edo

Looks like CBC and Canada.com have put up some better photo-gallaries now. Worth checking out.

March 10, 2005 -- 8:07 PM
posted by edo

Not surprisingly... BBC has better pictures of the RCMP memorial than our news services...
In Pictures: Mounties' Memorial

March 10, 2005 -- 7:48 PM
posted by edo

podcasting?

March 10, 2005 -- 6:32 PM
posted by P

Did you two manage to beat Beck's wing rec?

March 10, 2005 -- 6:24 PM
posted by P

Lets not forget those MMPORGs. Anarchy Online is running a free trial promo till January 2006. Might be interesting to check out sometime.

March 10, 2005 -- 6:15 PM
posted by eric

and then back to music news:

Legendary CBGB May Close After 32 Years

from chartattack.com

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