@BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-square192fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down127
arrow-up1368arrow-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@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-square@laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•8 months 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-square@tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish20•edit-28 months 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