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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
Same exaggeration in other SD cards I have. Has any manufacturer
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?
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. -- Cheers, Bob |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
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. |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?
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? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.35.5 ^ ^ 16:05:01 up 6 days 5:33 2 users load average: 0.00 0.03 0.00 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
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. |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?
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. -- Cheers, Bob |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?
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...? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.35.5 ^ ^ 20:14:02 up 6 days 9:42 2 users load average: 2.19 2.37 2.35 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
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...? -- * *@~@ * Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. * / v \ *Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) *Linux 2.6.35.5 * *^ ^ * 20:14:02 up 6 days 9:42 2 users load average: 2.19 2.37 2.35 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA):http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa If someone offers you a $1K pay rise, just make sure they are talking $1024, or pro rota Michael |
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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
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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Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration ?
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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. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans |
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