Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?

Same exaggeration in other SD cards I have. Has any manufacturer
been prosecuted for these exaggerations ?

On 9/27/2010 10:36 PM, TE Cheah wrote:
Same exaggeration in other SD cards I have. Has any manufacturer
been prosecuted for these exaggerations ?



No, because the SD card manufacturers, like the HD manufacturers, use
the correct definition of KB/MB/GB/etc; M$ uses the slangy definitions.

Correct: KB = 1,000B; MB = 1,000KB; GB = 1,000MB = 1,000,000,000B; etc.
Slangy: KB = 1,024B; MB = 1,024KB; GB = 1,024MB = 1,073,741,824B; etc.
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TE Cheah wrote

Same exaggeration in other SD cards I have.

Its not an exaggeration, its just MS stupidly using binary GBs.

Has any manufacturer been prosecuted for these exaggerations ?

Nope, because it isnt possible to prosecute them, because they havent lied.

In fact its a legal requirement in many jurisdictions to use the SI units and that is what Kingston is doing.

Its not an exaggeration, its just MS stupidly using binary GBs.

It hurt me when I was doing a test. I didn't know that hard disks
manufacturers used decimal system when talking about disk space.

In fact its a legal requirement in many jurisdictions to use the
SI units and that is what Kingston is doing.

Could you quote a link to prove this?

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Man-wai Chang wrote:

Its not an exaggeration, its just MS stupidly using binary GBs.

It hurt me when I was doing a test. I didn't know that hard disks
manufacturers used decimal system when talking about disk space.

They have been doing that for decades now, clearly stated in their datasheets.

In fact its a legal requirement in many jurisdictions to use the SI units and that is what Kingston is doing.

Could you quote a link to prove this?

Yep.

On 9/29/2010 4:07 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
Its not an exaggeration, its just MS stupidly using binary GBs.

It hurt me when I was doing a test. I didn't know that hard disks
manufacturers used decimal system when talking about disk space.

In fact its a legal requirement in many jurisdictions to use the
SI units and that is what Kingston is doing.

Could you quote a link to prove this?


Look for NIST SP330, a local (to the US) copy of the actual
international (BIPM) standard.
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They have been doing that for decades now, clearly stated in their datasheets.

I have never noticed that. All the hard-disks I bought did NOT come with
a data-sheet! Remember: there were no websites in the old days.

Could you quote a link to prove this?
Yep.

And the link...?

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On Sep 29, 1:15Â*pm, Man-wai Chang wrote:
They have been doing that for decades now, clearly stated in their datasheets.

I have never noticed that. All the hard-disks I bought did NOT come with
a data-sheet! Remember: there were no websites in the old days.

Could you quote a link to prove this?
Yep.

And the link...?

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Man-wai Chang wrote:

They have been doing that for decades now, clearly stated in their datasheets.

I have never noticed that. All the hard-disks I bought did NOT come
with a data-sheet! Remember: there were no websites in the old days.

There were always datasheets.

Could you quote a link to prove this?

Yep.

And the link...?

You asked me whether I could and I said I could.

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On Sep 29, 1:15?pm, Man-wai Chang wrote:
They have been doing that for decades now, clearly stated in their datasheets.

I have never noticed that. All the hard-disks I bought did NOT come with
a data-sheet! Remember: there were no websites in the old days.

Could you quote a link to prove this?
Yep.

And the link...?

It seems SI is even in the US the "preferred system of measurement
of trade and commerce" and "has been recognized since 1866". Talk
about being slow in general adoption...

Link: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/bibliography.html
Especially the excertp from the federal register.

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