16 Jan
2003
16 Jan
'03
1:11 p.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thane Plambeck" <thane@best.com> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: [math-fun] How big is a Gibibyte?
We engineers have long suffered from the confusion resulting from the regretable fact that powers of two are not also powers of ten.
GRAY: This can easily be handled by simply redefining "two" slightly. Most people count on their fingers and fingers aren't that accurate anyway. They're not quite digital. First grade teacher: How many X's are there here? X X Johnny: Obviously 10^(3/10), Mrs. Jones. Teacher: Very good, Johnny. You get a gold star.