[mythtv-users] What to call things
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Sat Dec 8 06:26:11 UTC 2007
On Dec 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> In truth, the Dec 1998 IEC standard for binary prefixes is long enough
> for me, but not--it seems--for others.
I think for two reasons:
- It's awfully hard to redefine terms once they're in common use,
even if the redefinition is in some ways more logical. (See the
"cracker" vs. "hacker" debate for another example.)
- "Gibibyte" is hard to pronounce, and if you say it out loud people
just look at you funny.
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