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Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB

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On 28/04/14 12:35, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Ian Hilliard wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On 28/04/14 04:25, DFS wrote:
>>> http://bayimg.com/CaNnBAAFN
>>>
>>> window in foreground is Thunar.  1st file in list is being downloaded
>>> via Chromium.
>>>
>>> Chromium reports 459 MB downloaded, but Thunar shows 481 MB.
>>>
>>> MS is doomed.
>>
>> MS is just bad at maths. A megabyte is defined as 2^20 bytes, whereas
>> Microsoft calls a Megabyte 1,000,000 bytes. This is the reason for the
>> difference between 459 MB and 481 MB.
>
> Amazing, the stupid stuff Doofus whines about, isn't it?  Makes you wonder
> if the clown knows the difference between a MB and a MiB.
>
> Same for Google, by the way, since they probably labelled the number
> incorrectly.  Verified with a calculator, 459 MiB is about 484 MB.
>

Actually, I worked backwards and 484 Million Bytes came to 458.71 MiB.

You are quite right. Initially the MB was defined as 2^20, but the SI 
(under some pressure from industry) decided to define it as 1,000,000 
bytes. It makes disks look bigger. This is why the term MiB was 
introduced to specify the original 2^20 value.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte

Regards,
Ian

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Linux/FOSS: where 459 MB = 481 MB DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-27 22:25 -0400
  Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MB = 481 MB Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-27 20:39 -0700
  Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MB = 481 MB Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2014-04-28 12:04 +0200
    Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-04-28 06:35 -0400
      Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB Ian Hilliard <nospam@nospam.org> - 2014-04-28 12:49 +0200
        Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-28 07:50 -0500
      Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-28 08:41 -0400
        Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 15:55 +0200
    Linux/FOSS: where 459 MiB = 481 MB Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-04-28 06:36 -0400
    Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MB = 481 MB DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-04-28 08:19 -0400
  Re: Linux/FOSS: where 459 MB = 481 MB Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-28 08:53 -0400

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