K3b sees 4.7GB DVD+R as 4.4 GB

[Gregory Pittman]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 00:14 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
>   
>> Kilo and Mega do mean 10^3 and 10^6 when using human terms (the
>> decimal system).
>> In the binary system Kilo means 1024 (2^10) and Mega means 1048576
>> (2^20 or 1024 * 1024).
>>
>> This is far from misuse, simply a different mathematical numbering
>> system.
>>     
>
> Just because an established practice of misuse has quite a lengthy
> history to it does not detract from the point that it *is* a misuse of
> the SI unit KILO (which only has one meaning) to use it for some other
> purpose.  It's a misunderstanding right from the start of the first
> person who ever abused kilo in the computing fraternity.
>
> Do we also abuse all other measurement systems to suit the whims of
> computer nerds who can't understand the proper use of terms?  Do we make
> millimetres different on a PC than a ruler?  Would a computer reading
> MegaVolts at a power station come up with a different value than a meter
> reading MegaVolts?  It's for reasons like that, where kilo, mega, etc.,
> have real meanings, that they shouldn't be perverted for other uses.
>
> Kilo means one thousand, period!
>
>   

But MB, KB, GB are not SI units. I think they're more like the words 
millipede and centipede, which defy any strict mathematical meaning.

Greg