-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 08:04:35PM +0100, Kévin Raymond wrote: > Hi there, > > I am about to update websites in order to use the mebi, gibi… notation. > That's a binary unit used now (or at least we have to use them). If > nobody change, we would still confuse beginers trying to understand if > M is 1000 or 1024. Yes, we would still confuse people, beginners and veterans alike. That said, it would seem proper to follow NIST, IEC 60027-2 A.2, and ISO/IEC 80000[0] in our documentation. k == 1000 ki == 1024 [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Binary_prefix#Specific_units_of_IEC_60027-2_A.2_and_ISO.2FIEC_80000 - -- Eric - -------------------------------------------------- Eric H Christensen eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Sparks" sparks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .... .. .-.. .-.. --- .-- --- .-. .-.. -.. 097C 82C3 52DF C64A 50C2 E3A3 8076 ABDE 024B B3D1 - -------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJOt/taAAoJEIB2q94CS7PRrNIQAIfuvcoDJxUczS3vAv93cXZe 83yQVx/KvmgS8dP5AW9Ja8ats8oXAwgIVlgKU07holzu43z6SY+Lbb9YOXSQc7WH nDubfBEqX1zu1xZ/wmEiajO85YCNcJeIlXg+0MoFrpLgGWbc0VKFEYpjtxEGI0bL rA5MugGsGMuCp5CprFQiSPHUvuEFkhGWH+OStAjA4+Y24LmSRwW+94krBnD78U2k kSnDRAelBBTrhEfcTCde9LggsjQRsAJZLoBOziBA1k1+QpH/KIKv/hAOaoeP5CSJ g+BSvLeC37enJOR/4eFNsoxoOR+6eyWo337moiMyGnPoXyqssrYxrgwx0viqHw11 FvjCzN0Ue0ITigQ0AHjGW9u5eWAj/PtY6LwG+StaD6OvSfzBM5bfkHVCBWtRvEdD fLeBLsFiyJmxUB5kZDLfC49l/Uco1BKwr+48cfR+VtnECTya0dlB5ybb7LQOsTI+ d5bQQBWEvV5zVWB6BrtVUQCRw3hAYPe98qf1KCW8oMTcFxT580nF3HQn1StDhHPG iAUERr/ZM4U2Ja/68izDjLaTQIxIkpPa8aDhOoW1PbFSgbejwNfW97NWyf7YCjMU tyZnVBwwNDK5B3UyPit8IIDDFMQtpCjYhqaDwOJfR0m/vp0//cgqJwT+Qgh4QESg gK2oSAAVsmI7mjQAUt+q =mXOC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
