Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB

Philip Blundell (philb@gnu.org)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:55:52 +0100

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>Yes there is: consistency in context. We are talking about
>computers, and everything else is in powers of two.

No, it's not. When you talk about 10Mbps Ethernet, that's 10*1000*1000 bits
per second. The only place powers of 2 makes sense is when address lines are
involved (ie RAM).

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