[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes

Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski dominik
Fri Feb 16 13:31:51 CET 2007


On Friday, 16 February 2007 at 00:48, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> writes:
> 
> > On Friday, 16 February 2007 at 00:29, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> >> Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Thursday, 15 February 2007 at 23:42, The Wanderer wrote:
> >> >> Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> >and prefixes such as "M", "G", ... are _not_ context dependent.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Actually, yes, they are; "M" means either "1000000" or "1048576",
> >> >> depending on context, just as "K" means either "1000" or "1024"
> >> >> depending on context.
> >> >
> >> > No, 'K' never means anything else than 1024.
> >> 
> >> K never means anything other than Kelvin, the standard unit for
> >> temperature.
> >
> > Funny.
> >
> > I meant it as a prefix... but of course you knew that already.
> 
> Ah, but the kilo prefix is a lowercase k.  Kelvin is uppercase K.

Aw, come on. We both know that 'K' has been used as a prefix meaning
1024 for years, even though it's not mandated by SI. Stop trolling.

Regards,
R.

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