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AnonTechie writes:
"I have the following requests to members of this new forum:
1) Please use SI Units wherever possible. Alternative comparative units such as swimming pools, size of Florida, cars, libraries of congress, etc are also welcome ...
2) Please cover tech/science related stories from around the world. Please do not make this a US only website !!
Cheers and best wishes,
AnonTechie"
[ED Note: We as a community welcome submissions from around the world, as befits our international userbase. The Editorial team in particular is looking closely at including voices from outside the U.S. as we continue to grow. As for the units question in particular, stories will certainly arrive with a variety of units depending on the origin of the submission. We encourage, though do not require, submitters to include conversions where appropriate for clarity out of courtesy to your fellow readers. Though we try to use a light touch when making edits to story submissions, Editors may add these from time to time as well, should clarity demand and time permit.
Soylentils, does the current ad-hoc approach meet your needs, or do you favor a more formal approach from your news discussion site?]
(Score: 5, Funny) by NCommander on Monday February 24 2014, @01:09AM
But what about powers of 2. I mean, technically, we should be using KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, etc., even though the terminology sounds weird as hell.
Still always moving
(Score: 2, Funny) by Yog-Yogguth on Monday February 24 2014, @03:58AM
Ah, I was thinking about the other kind of powers of 2. After all bits and bytes are more often than not areas in silicon.
8B²=64B
64B²=4096B=4KiB=4.096KB (not that I endorse the madness)
&c.
1KiB=32B² ← isn't that beautiful?
1MiB=1024B² ∴ "My rotten DSL does a kibi squared per second!"
And of course:
1.5TiB=1.5MiB² "...I need another squmibi or two" :D
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday February 24 2014, @07:29PM
Just use kiloquads of information like star trek.
(Score: 3, Funny) by mhajicek on Monday February 24 2014, @05:12AM
But sometimes to dispel a demon you need the power of three.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @08:52AM
How many bits are there in an SI byte again? I always forget, is it 10 or 100 bits?
I mean if you want to use SI units, you need to do it right, not some half-assed stuff like kilo-feet or Mi(8-bit byte).