Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S286815AbRL1KP0>; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:15:26 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S286816AbRL1KPQ>; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:15:16 -0500
Received: from krusty.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:23566 "EHLO
	krusty.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id <S286815AbRL1KPN>; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:15:13 -0500
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:58:09 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>
To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy
Message-ID: <20011228095809.GB5294@emma1.emma.line.org>
Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011223174608.A25335@thyrsus.com> <E16JTce-0000cp-00@starship.berlin> <20011227112431.GA1582@msp-150.man.olsztyn.pl> <E16Jnci-000080-00@starship.berlin>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <E16Jnci-000080-00@starship.berlin>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:

> So would you be happy with kB -> 1,000 bytes, and KB -> 1024 bytes?  Likewise
> mB for 1,000,000 bytes and MB for 1048576 bytes?

No way. m is the SI prefix for milli, one thousandth. (1/1000). K is the
SI unit Kelvin (absolute temperature). Add to the confusion...

-- 
Matthias Andree

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."         Benjamin Franklin
-
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/