Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in

[Dr. Kelsey Hudson]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> YM "minute" HTH.

you're right... I did mean minute ;P

> FWIW, from the units database:
> 
> nauticalmile            1852 m   # Supposed to be one minute of latitude at
>                                  # the equator.  That value is about 1855 m.
>                                  # Early estimates of the earth's
> circumference
>                                  # were a bit off.  The value of 1852 m was
>                                  # made the international standard in 1929.
>                                  # The US did not accept this value until
>                                  # 1954.  The UK switched in 1970.

true, it is off, but for all intents and purposes 1852 is close enough :)

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