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I agree ... but only sort of
I agree that the HD makers use decimal-based storage calculations in order to deceive. Obviously.

But what I don't agree on is that everyone ought to be using a base-2 system. Rather, I think everyone ought to be using the decimal system, as the HD makers do.

It would be a hell of a lot easier to do calculations (in one's head, anyway). And let's not forget that long, long ago, the only reason the binary system was used is that "1,024 is close enough to 1,000 that it won't matter". So actually, it was the binary guys who started out the deception, in a way...
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They meant...  toadlife | 08/14/06
Or would it be...  toadlife | 08/14/06
You're on about 2^10 vs 10^3?  borandi | 08/14/06
thanks  toadlife | 08/14/06
My problem with this is...  nECrO_z | 08/14/06
I agree ... but only sort of  TimeBomb | 08/14/06
I agree that it's easier but....  nECrO_z | 08/14/06
Well...  toadlife | 08/14/06
Actually  gilgamesh_z | 08/14/06
Umm....No  toadlife | 08/14/06
Whoops  gilgamesh_z | 08/14/06
LOL  toadlife | 08/14/06
Both could retire into politics?  nucrash | 08/15/06
Ouch.. lol  zedman2006 | 08/15/06
Your binary arithemtic is off.  B.O.F.H. | 08/15/06
Not megabytes, gigabytes  georgeou | 08/15/06
(nt)Yes. It was a typo  toadlife | 08/15/06
What happens if the drive fails?  johnsmith222 | 08/14/06
Same thing that happens today. happy  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/14/06
Just buy two 1TB hard drive  Grayson Peddie | 08/14/06
Maybe time to stop calling them HARD drives  A.Typical Zork | 08/15/06
My Suggestion  nucrash | 08/15/06
MASDERBASHION??  UncleBubba | 08/15/06
Er.. Um... Sounds like..  Wolfie2K3 | 08/15/06
Actually, they already have a word to differentiate optical drives...  CTSTechs.com | 08/15/06
But They are HARD Drives  Species8472 | 08/16/06
What about "stiffy drives"?  pjrobertz@... | 06/01/07
YES!!! More Porn Storage!!!  itanalyst | 08/15/06
La Cie  sfxphil | 08/15/06
2 Years  nucrash | 08/15/06
LA CIE UNRELIABLE HIGH FAILURE RATE  Jasper43 | 01/06/07
LA CIE UNRELIABLE HIGH FAILURE RATE  Jasper43 | 01/06/07
Who would have thought ....  jogiba@... | 08/15/06
These 1 TB drives will come in very handy for VISTA  michael_t | 08/15/06
re: These 1 TB drives will come in very handy for VISTA...  Wolfie2K3 | 08/15/06
Size if the RAMAC  jpr | 08/15/06
RAMAC size  finder@... | 08/15/06
In 20 years  msweeney@... | 08/15/06
Nope;  zedman2006 | 08/15/06

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