[MPlayer-users] I wrote a mencoder mini-guide for DVD ripping

Moritz Bunkus moritz at bunkus.org
Sat Aug 24 13:13:02 CEST 2002


Hi.

> > 1KB = 1KibiByte = 1024 bytes
> > 1Kb = 1Kibibit = 1024 bits
> 
> NO! Yuck. That was a bad idea from the beginning.

Not at all. Calling 1024 'kilo' and 1024^2 'mega' was a bad idea.
If everyone had used 'kibi' (or any other nice word) from the start
then we wouldn't have this confusing.

-- 
 ==> Ciao, Mosu (Moritz Bunkus)




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