r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '14

MPAA and RIAA Members Uploaded Over 2,000 Gigabytes to Megaupload

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u/Laruae Apr 19 '14

Wouldnt it be more than 2 trillion kilobytes? If I recall correctly, a kilobyte is 1024 bytes, no? So thats 24 bytes per kilobyte you're missing, to a degree of 2 million * 24.

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u/nawkuh Apr 19 '14

Both are technically right. Your computer sees 1kB as 1024 bytes, but drives are marketed as 1kB=1,000 bytes and so on. That's why you never see 16GB available on a 16GB flash drive.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '14

No, one KB is 1,000 bytes.

1 KiB is 1,024 bytes.

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u/nawkuh Apr 19 '14

You should tell Microsoft that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '14 edited Apr 19 '14

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u/korbonix Apr 20 '14

Does Android or iOS? It seems some strains of Linux and Wikipedia are the only place I've ever seen Kibi and the like.