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Window is stealing my HD size
Previously J. Clarke wrote:
Arno Wagner wrote: Previously J. Clarke wrote: Impmon wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? Any such lawsuit is doomed to fail, as the method of measurement for CRTs (in the US anyway) is prescribed by statute or regulation (I forget which now) and the manufacturers have no choice in the matter. I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes No doubt someone has tried it. As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. What law where? Well, I don't know about your country, but here there are laws on units and measurements. There are also international treaties. For example so that you may not write 1kg on you package but that is your private unit, really equivalent to 800g SI. Oh, and in most western countries it is illegal (and can be punished with a fine) to use other measurements in any kind of business transactions. Arno |
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Previously Arno Wagner wrote:
Previously J. Clarke wrote: Arno Wagner wrote: [...] As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. What law where? P.S.: Since 1988 there is an IEC standard for the binary-deived prefixes as well, and there is zero excuse not to do this correctly today: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Of course it takes pople a long time to adjust. See for example some backward counties that are still not metric in daily life today. But educated people should at least know that they are doing it wrong. Arno |
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Window is stealing my HD size
"Arno Wagner" wrote in message
Previously J. Clarke wrote: Arno Wagner wrote: Previously J. Clarke wrote: Impmon wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:42:03 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: Nope, the 200G is using decimal GBs, so is 200,000,000,000 bytes. The 180G is using binary GBs and is 193,273,528,320 bytes Anyone remember the lawsuit against monitor that the advertised CRT size is not the actual viewable size? Any such lawsuit is doomed to fail, as the method of measurement for CRTs (in the US anyway) is prescribed by statute or regulation (I forget which now) and the manufacturers have no choice in the matter. I wonder if someone would try to bring the lawsuit against hard drive stating advertised size and actual size don't match. Even though nowday hard drive boxes do state the disclaimer that advertised size is 1GB = 1,000,000 bytes No doubt someone has tried it. As the law requires SI units and prefixes, this is entirely futile. What law where? Well, I don't know about your country, but here Which of course needs no further explanation since everybody knows where babblemouth lives, right: the centre of the world. there are laws on units and measurements. There are also international treaties. For example so that you may not write 1kg on you package but that is your private unit, really equivalent to 800g SI. Babble, babble, rant. Oh, and in most western countries it is illegal (and can be punished with a fine) to use other measurements in any kind of business transactions. Arno |
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J. Clarke wrote:
snip When federal agencies start manufacturing and selling data storage devices then that requirement might have some bearing. However at the present time they mostly manufacture hot air and annoyance, as they have always done, so I fail to see what bearing such requirements have. snip Who do you suppose is one of the biggest buyers of disk drives? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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Previously CJT wrote:
J. Clarke wrote: snip When federal agencies start manufacturing and selling data storage devices then that requirement might have some bearing. However at the present time they mostly manufacture hot air and annoyance, as they have always done, so I fail to see what bearing such requirements have. snip Who do you suppose is one of the biggest buyers of disk drives? Lets make it even shorter: SI is the law almost anywere on this planet. The US is just a bit behind. Arno |
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I'm sure nobody cheated me (I don't hold the same opinion as some) I'm
not complaining..... much. The situation just needs revising to avoid consumer confusion. In the meantime I look forward to selling bananas in units of 0.98 Cheers Alex p.s. I'm from the UK BTW. |
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"Arno Wagner" wrote in message
Previously wrote: Just got a Maxtor Onetouch III 500Gb Windows reports 465GB capacity (500,105,216,000 bytes), NTFS. PartitionMagic reports 476,937.5Mb (4K cluster size), NTFS. Hmmm... next time I buy a car I guess I should assume that legally I should only get 3.94 wheels supplied with the full package. Hey ho. You should instead try to understand what the numbers on the device mean beforehand. And actually you got 500GB, not 500Gb, which is 64GB. No kidding. 500/8 is 64 in Swissland? Astounding. I can see now how Swissland is the most forward country in the world. And if you wanted 500GiB, then you should have bought that. Units are not the most easy thing, but they are part of any complete technical education. Another obvious stupid troll from the babblemouth. The vendor never cheated or even mislead you. Arno |
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