haha, they're the ones that think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte!


let's face it, 1 byte = 8 bits and there's nothign you can do about it.

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the silly thing is, they have a very real chance of winning this

Well the hard drive manufacturers are the shady ones here. they are making hard drives that are not truly the capacity they specify.


MIZZ

This is the way society works, companies such as the RIAA sue us in BS lawsuits, and we sue random companies with BS complaints.

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Retro ...

there is going to be a day when no one actually does anything productive for society and the world revolves around BS paperwork and nonsense. we are halfway there already.

*Upon further reflection, this post has been edited*

Okay, a few things. First, sure this is a pretty frivolous lawsuit. Secondly, the defendants might win, mostly because they are not actually wrong.

One MB is a decimal megabyte, equal to 1,000 (not 1,024) decimal kilobytes. This is not to be confused with an MiB, which is a binary megabyte. As long as they write it correctly, they should be fine. Yes, 1 byte still is 8 bits, but that has nothing to do with this notational convention.

Moreover, most people fail to realize that in certain usages (e.g., networking), decimal grouping is actually preferred to binary grouping.

For more information, check out:
http://www.romulus2.com/articles/gu...bitsbytes.shtml

Last edited by Flyboy217 on Sep-19-2003 at 15:26

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Originally posted by Flyboy217 One MB is a decimal megabyte, equal to 1,000 (not 1,024) decimal kilobytes. This is not to be confused with an Mb, which is a binary megabyte.

Ur wrong. MB = megabyte (any kind). Mb = megabit
b = bit B = byte.

why the hell are you all talking bytes and bits..

just like my computer.. the shop and all the papers say it gots a 10gb harddisk.. it only gots 9.54

and my 10gb mp3 player.. only gots 9.7X



see you in court PB & Archos

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Originally posted by robin 10gb harddisk.. it only gots 9.54 and my 10gb mp3 player.. only gots 9.7X

Thats what happens when u format it.

ffs, in short,


Q. Why is my total capacity smaller than the specified capacity?
A. Hard drive manufacturers will normally define a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes and a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes. However, Windows and certain systems will define a megabyte as 1,048,576 and a gigabyte as 1,073,741,824 bytes for reasons beyond the scope of this discussion.



you're still getting 40 gigs worth of data, it's just that it's notation is different.

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First off 1 megabyte =1024KB (we're in base2 people) in base 10 it would be 1000KB, in the computer industry everything is represented in base 2 because computers are binary....

BTW..File system overhead does require some space but not that much

Mizzuno