[mythtv] how to get "Extra Disk Space" setting?

[Jerome Yuzyk]

On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:11:47 PM Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 20 January 2016 at 11:53, Richard Gering <rg4myth at dutchies.us> wrote:
> > Spot on! To (mis)quote Obi-wan: "Use the source, Luke". You did well :-)
> >
> > <soapbox>
> >
> > Whomever thought it was a good idea to come up with GiB to mean a 1024-based
> > value and re-purpose GB to mean a 1000-based one did the computing world a
> > disservice. The (ab)use of the SI multipliers K, M and G to mean a
> > 1024-based value in describing computer memory size started LONG before the
> > hard-disk industry started pushing 1000-based numbers, likely to make their
> > disks look larger than they actually were.
> 
> totally disagree.
> Using G/M/K to mean 1024 was wrong to start with.
> 
> Welcomed correction.
> 
> It's not a re-purpose, GB was never meant to mean 1073741824 bytes.
> 
> >
> > Yes, it is technically more correct to have GB be 1000-based (10-base)
> 
> it is not "more correct". It is just correct. Standards are standards.
> They mean one thing. Not to change a value according to the context in
> which it is used.
> 
> [more nonsense deleted]
> 
> I wonder how you would have called a kilometre. because really, kilo
> shouldn't mean 1000 to avoid confusion.

Well, to be fair, back in the day (I was around then) kilo/mega/giga weren't used much for computing and at the kilo level 1024/100 wasn't a big deal. Who knew that they would be? Well, we do now. :)

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