Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S281463AbRLUNGE>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:06:04 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S281663AbRLUNF4>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:05:56 -0500
Received: from svr3.applink.net ([206.50.88.3]:56842 "EHLO svr3.applink.net")
	by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id <S281463AbRLUNFo>;
	Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:05:44 -0500
Message-Id: <200112211305.fBLD5WSr019374@svr3.applink.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
From: Timothy Covell <timothy.covell@ashavan.org>
Reply-To: timothy.covell@ashavan.org
To: esr@thyrsus.com, David Garfield <garfield@irving.iisd.sra.com>
Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy (H20 and K2B)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 07:01:45 -0600
X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2]
Cc: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011220143247.A19377@thyrsus.com> <15394.29882.361540.200600@irving.iisd.sra.com> <20011220185226.A25080@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011220185226.A25080@thyrsus.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Thursday 20 December 2001 17:52, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> David Garfield <garfield@irving.iisd.sra.com>:
> > Another option: maybe the choice of KB vs KiB vs KKB should be a
> > configuration choice.
>

Um, you know, all due repect to Knuth, the God, I think that
someof his ideas are downright silly.   Now, my suggestion
is different, namely, inserting a 2 in the unit such as "K2B"
meaning Kilo (base2) Byte.    It's not like we don't have a
precendent from the chemistry and physics fields. 

-- 
timothy.covell@ashavan.org.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/