 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to K Patterson
Re: Netflix bandwidth - Is 1GB/hr at HD accurate? Well I say its 1024
so it has been typed so it shall be
the 1*10^9 idea is bad mkay |
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K PattersonPremium,MVM
join:2006-03-12
Columbus, OH
kudos:1 | said by DarkLogix:Well I say its 1024 so it has been typed so it shall be the 1*10^9 idea is bad mkay It's not an idea - it's treaty law, from 1875, like it or not.
SI units, dating from 1960, came about under the provisions that original treaty of the meter. Giga is absolutely 10**9. |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | said by K Patterson:said by DarkLogix:Well I say its 1024 so it has been typed so it shall be the 1*10^9 idea is bad mkay It's not an idea - it's treaty law, from 1875, like it or not. SI units, dating from 1960, came about under the provisions that original treaty of the meter. Giga is absolutely 10**9. giga is but when related to computers gigabyte is 1024 |
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K PattersonPremium,MVM
join:2006-03-12
Columbus, OH
kudos:1 | I'm not trying to pick a fight, but people will be misled.
Microsoft operating systems use 1024 for file sizes.
Memory uses 1024.
Hard drives use 1000 - there was quite a lawsuit over this.
All communications uses 1000. A T-1 line 1.544 Mbits, exactly 1,544,000. Same for the all Ethernets.
Fiber speeds use 1000.
When you buy a circuit it is specified in 1000's and the usage is billed in 1000's.
You can count on Comcast's cap as being 250*1000*1000*1000 Bytes.
I believe I got the abbreviations wrong in my earlier post.
1024*1024*1024 is GiBi. |
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