Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:19:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:19:17 -0500 Received: from blackhole.compendium-tech.com ([64.156.208.74]:17307 "EHLO sol.compendium-tech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:18:43 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:18:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" X-X-Sender: To: matthew david reuther cc: Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help In-Reply-To: <200112220839.DAA15715@alumni.engin.umich.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, matthew david reuther wrote: > I guess the reason these feel more "natural" to some people, is because > they relate to our bodies, just like the inch, foot, hand, and cubit. It > still doesn't explain things like pounds, but that's probably related to > agriculture somehow. a pound is the weight of one pint of water (one gallon = 7.8 lbs, roughly) there are two pints in a quart, and four quarts to a gallon. therefore, a pint is 1/8 gallon, and very close to one pound. Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/