Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:41:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:41:31 -0500 Received: from mail.pha.ha-vel.cz ([195.39.72.3]:6413 "HELO mail.pha.ha-vel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:41:10 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:41:05 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Ryan Cumming Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , timothy.covell@ashavan.org Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in?Configure.help. Message-ID: <20011222234105.B11373@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <3C234CC100020E25@mta13n.bluewin.ch> <200112220214.fBM2EsSr022402@svr3.applink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bodnar42@phalynx.dhs.org on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:29:00PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:29:00PM -0800, Ryan Cumming wrote: > > So, the English units were more attuned to nature. The only thing > > natural about base ten is that the majority of us have 10 fingers and > > 10 toes. > Yes, and three is a magical number decreed by God himself. You do have a good > point, though, the Imperial system fits in quite well with our > base-two-but-sometimes-three number system. Actually, you're not far from the truth here. The best system (makes for least numbers of weights you need to make for weighing, etc, etc) is base e (2.7182...), which is best approximated by base two sometimes three ... -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - 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/