[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes
François Revol
revol
Thu Feb 15 14:48:18 CET 2007
> They ARE both right. That is the historical use of kilo when talking
> about bytes and bitstreams. When specifying the size of RAM chips,
> kilo of course means 1024. It's all in the context.
>
> >> Wikipedia recommends 'k' for 1000, and 'Ki' for 1024
> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte)
>
> Wikipedia is hardly an authority in any matter whatsoever.
No but this has been made standard by some selfprocaimed ppl...
maybe ISO even.
>
> > ...and "Ki" represents "kibi", which like the rest of its ilk is an
> > ugly
> > abomination, not to be used on pain of ME HATES YOU FOREVER.
>
> I agree, and I will personally revert any commits introducing this
> madness into ffmpeg.
I agree as well.
I will never use those keeebeee craps. Not until US switched to the
metric system at least :)
Fran?ois.
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