Got a free link, seems silly to pay for something like that..<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Lloyd Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span>> I will, however, continue to be tolerant and indulge the use of kB<br>> when people mean KB or KiB, as this is a Recommendation, and not a<br>> Standard.</span></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
</div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">It's a standard. Please read IEC 80000 section 13.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31898" target="_blank">http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31898</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Use of multiples of 1024 remains entrenched for memory, however it is indicated. For storage, marketing favours 1000. For comms, only 1000 is
sane.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px"><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;margin-bottom:0.5em;font-family:sans-serif;margin-top:0.4em">
Using an IBM/360 as your first computer doesn't count, as they survived decades (and much software is still running on zSeries). Only getting it installed new from the factory does.</div></span></div><div class="im"><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">Lloyd Wood<br><a href="mailto:lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk</a><br><a href="http://sat-net.com/L.Wood" target="_blank">http://sat-net.com/L.Wood</a><br>
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<font face="Arial"><div class="hm HOEnZb"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Narelle <<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Lloyd Wood <<a href="mailto:lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Paul Gear <<a href="mailto:ausnog@libertysys.com.au" target="_blank">ausnog@libertysys.com.au</a>>; "<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 17:16</div><div class="im"><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AusNOG] [SAGE-AU Discuss] [RESULTS] Straw poll: what is your email message size limit?<br>
</div></font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <br>Warning issued: this is now dangerously close to the "my first<br>computer thread" [1], which will have to be shut down or sent off<br>list.<br><br>On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Lloyd Wood <<a href="mailto:lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Bytes are 8 bits. Always were, always will be.<br>><br>> Um, no. You are probably too young to remember 4-bit and 6-bit bytes and<br>> other popular word sizes.<br>><br>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte</a><br>
<br>Actually I am old enough to not only have forgotten but be so grumpy<br>about the (ab)usage that I am now happily reminded (more than once) of<br>this fact.<br><br>Ahh. Character encoding. That takes me back.<br><br>>> Even the worst pedants will accept variations on the use of K (1024<br>
>> also Kelvin) for k (1000) as often these are misused.<br>><br>> Um, no. That's why the worst pedants developed<br>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541</a><br>
<br>:-)<br><br>I love being outdone in the
pedantry. It makes me look *so* moderate.<br>Tolerant even.<br><br>I will, however, continue to be tolerant and indulge the use of kB<br>when people mean KB or KiB, as this is a Recommendation, and not a<br>Standard.<br>
<br>My real dream, however, is that people will revert to the true use of<br>ports and identify their traffic with nice little numbers in their<br>headers that match the actual flow... rather than 80...<br><br><br>[1] IBM 360<br>
<br>-- <br><br><br>Narelle<br><a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a><br><br><br> </div></div></div> </div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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