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Hard Drive Capacity Confusion, Lucidly Explained

Posted by timothy on from the fudging-the-numbers dept.

mrklin writes "James Wiebe of wiebetech.com has written a clear example of how hard drive capacity is calculated (PDF file) by hard drive manufacturers (base 10) and OS (base 2). He failed to name how the capacity should be described, though."

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  1. 0.968th post! by GoogolPlexPlex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey?
    Don't sue me.

  2. YEAH, GEORGY IS IN 4TH PLACE IN CA. GOVERNORS RACE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    oh, wait. NOT. 589 votes. That's only 589 more than I got and I live in Florida*.

    Sorry to ruin your geekboy wet dreams of actually being relevant to mainstream politics. Ha ha.

    * Florida - Republicans like myself are still laughing about stealing that election from you Democrats. By hook or by crook, it doesn't matter -- just as long as this country stays out of the control of jackasses like yourselves, we'll be fine. With Jeb in control, here's hoping that we'll repeat the steal in 2004!! FUCK OFF CHOADS

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  3. AAahhhhnooooddd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahaha!!!

    Davis, remember when I said I'd oust you last?

    I LIED!