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-squaremessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down127
arrow-up1367arrow-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-square195fedilink
minus-squaretvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoI would suggest: 1KB = storage capacity of 1 kg of 1.44 floppy disks. 1MB = storage capacity of 0.0106 mile of CD drives. 1GB = storage capacity of 1 good computer in the 2000s. 1TB = storage capacity of 1 truck of GB (see above) PS: just to be clear, I meant CD drives, not CD discs.
minus-squareWayTooDank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·8 months ago 1 kg (͡•_ ͡• ) Don’t you mean one pound, abbreviated lb?
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 months agoNaw, it’s actually one Kinda Gallon; a Kinda Gallon of course referring to the average of the masses of a gallon of water, a gallon of beer, and a gallon of whiskey.
minus-squarelaughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 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-squaretvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·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 would suggest:
PS: just to be clear, I meant CD drives, not CD discs.
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Don’t you mean one pound, abbreviated lb?
Naw, it’s actually one Kinda Gallon; a Kinda Gallon of course referring to the average of the masses of a gallon of water, a gallon of beer, and a gallon of whiskey.
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