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

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:58:48PM +0200, Frederic Lochon wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On 24 aou, Dominik Mierzejewski wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > On Saturday, 24 August 2002, Jesus Climent wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 11:55:59PM +0200, Ralph Slooten wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > 1KB = 1KiloByte = 1024 bytes
> >> > 1Kb = 1Kilobit = 1024 bits
> >> > 1kb = 1kilobit = 1000 bits
> > 
> >> 1KB = 1KibiByte = 1024 bytes
> >> 1Kb = 1Kibibit = 1024 bits
> > 
> > NO! Yuck. That was a bad idea from the beginning.
> >  
> 
> Ki = kibi = 1024
> k  = kilo = 1000
> 
> B   = byte
> bit = bit
> 
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
> 
> this is the official notation, but nobody cares.. hope it will change
> one day (people, not the notation)

It's idiotic notation invented by people who have nothing to do with
its use and should keep the hell out of things. It should die.

Rich