BmeBenji (he/him)@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down128
arrow-up1362arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji (he/him)@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-squarelaughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoI know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth! 1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
minus-squaretvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 years agoThank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.
I know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth!
1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
Thank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.
lol