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[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 1 May 2008, spirals wrote:

[snip justification of base-2 use in computers which, as everyone
  here likely understands anyway and doesn't disagree with, missed the
  point..]

> Thus I suggest it is not illiteracy but knowledge that produced and 
> will perpetuate this terminology. I also venture it is those who 
> would interfere who lack knowledge.

What drivel..

If you can honestly say you've never had to think about whether an 
interface means 10^3^n or 2^10^n when it says GB (or MB or KB), then 
you've never seriously used computers. (Even joe-soap end-users are 
confronted by this when they buy storage).

I *regularly* get confused by this, whenever I have to use block 
device resizing tools - where the wrong assumption potentially could 
lead to data-loss.. (I guess every sys-admin should be an engineer).

Further, if we can presume you count yourself as one of those "real 
engineers" (seems the implication), your logic boils down to:

 	"I'm so clever, I can always think my way out of any
 	 ambiguity. If everyone else was as clever and knowledgeable
 	 as me, there would be no problem, therefore there isn't."

Which is obviously an idiotic argument.

regards,
-- 
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