GiB vs. GB

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Friday 02 November 2007, Luciano Montanaro wrote:
> Once you give the size in Megabytes, there is an implied loss of precision.

which, of course, nobdy except for the OCD[1] sufferers amongst us cares 
about. i really do wish we'd just use Gb, Mb, etc and not worry about it 
further. people know "Gb", "Mb" due to those being used all over the place on 
all sorts of products, but very few know what "GiB" is.

the people who find that annoying can go switch some hidden config option on 
and feel confident in their own personally precise world. that we've catered 
to the fetishize-the-precision faction this long just shows how so often we 
care less about the user base in general and simply cave to the loud (and 
often outright obnoxious) people.

[1] obsessive compulsive disorder

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