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To: Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com>,
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From: Pete Cervasio <cervasio@charter.net>
Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in
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At 02:00 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, Mike Dresser wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
>> > The unit here is B, which does conflict with the unit bel, but is
>> > widely used to mean byte in computer contexts.
>>
>> Also, the kilobell is highly unlikely to be used ;)
>>
>> Rik
>
>Dunno about that, the S/N ratio on slashdot seems to get into the kB's
>somedays.
>

Your threshold is set too high.  Read at -1 for megabels.  ;)

Best regards,
Pete C.

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