[OT] Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help.

Jonathan Amery (jdamery@chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:39:18 +0000

In article <m2n.16HXYg-000rZX@chiark.greenend.org.uk> you write:
>Oh, and btw - those non-metric units are not "English units", but "Imperial units",
>if you want to picky :-)

Of course the even more picky will note that US Imperial units (Queen
Anne units mainly) and UK Imperial units (technically Queen Elizabeth
II ones) are somewhat different. [1]

Jonathan.

[1] Notable if you're a Publican. :)

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