BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarelaughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth! 1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
minus-squaretvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.
I know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth!
1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
Thank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.