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#66 - GmCity (08/17/2012) [-]
< MFW when the comments are arguing over the size of a GB and GiB, how does everyone not know this by now.
< MFW when the comments are arguing over the size of a GB and GiB, how does everyone not know this by now.
#44 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
To clear things up, for people who still don't get it: Some people, some time ago, used "kilo" as a multiple of 1024 in computers, because they lacked a name for that important multiple value and let's face it, 1000 ~ 1024. However, the fact that some of them were pros and all that, doesn't change the fact that they were wrong, as the prefix "kilo" is defined to mean 1000 by SI. That's why a new standard was issued in 1998 and added the kibi/mebi/gibi stuff to mean 2^10 / 2^20 / 2^30 etc.
So this joke sucks and what you find on google is irrelevant.
#38 - hillaryisacunt (08/17/2012) [-]
1 GB = 1000 MB
1 GiB = 1024 MiB

I get the feeling a lot of this confusion could have been avoided if Microsoft had done their homework .
#167 to #38 - N. Korean citizen (08/18/2012) [-]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte

Turns out that KB, MB and GB is both...
The English language is just so amazing isn't it?
User avatar #89 to #38 - ravarshi (08/17/2012) [-]
see, what i dont understand, is what's the point of the little i?

If GB = 1000, and GiB = 1024, what's the i stand for?
User avatar #92 to #89 - hillaryisacunt (08/17/2012) [-]
1 Gigabyte = 1000 Megabyte ( as in kilo , mega , giga in the metric system i.e base 10)
1 Gibibyte = 1024 Mibibyte ( binary system )
#153 to #92 - Megabyte (08/18/2012) [-]
You rang? I only know one Megabyte.
User avatar #93 to #92 - ravarshi (08/17/2012) [-]
thank you kind person.. both mean little to me as i'm not a computer programmer, or that knowledgeable, but this taught me something... and i hope i remember it. (not likely :()
#54 to #38 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
1 GB = 1024 mb
1 GiB = 1024 MiB
User avatar #62 to #54 - hillaryisacunt (08/17/2012) [-]
Do you understand , how little sense that would make ? By your silly logic

1 GB = 1024 MB , 1 MB = 1024 KB , 1 KB = 1024 B
1 GiB= 1024 MiB, 1 Mib= 1024 KiB, 1 Kib = 1024 ??? A Bibibyte ??
#42 to #38 - respawnshade (08/17/2012) [-]
Actually it's
1GB=1012MB
Just sayin
User avatar #52 to #42 - hillaryisacunt (08/17/2012) [-]
How did you get 1012 ?
User avatar #47 to #42 - fedegon ONLINE (08/17/2012) [-]
"Giga" means literally "A thousand times", so it's 1000 MB.
I believe they put the extra there depending on how extra they need for extra stuff or stuff that's extra.
User avatar #53 to #47 - SuitUp ONLINE (08/17/2012) [-]
Except it makes no sense whatsoever to try and force the scientific prefix interpretation over standard, common usage.

1GB is 1024MB for binary purposes (Powers of 2). The Giga prefix is used because it is the closest one that is meaningful and the margin of error is tiny.
#36 - pedobearson (08/17/2012) [-]
I suppose they're terable
#163 to #36 - saladtongsofdeath (08/18/2012) [-]
they're a bit good___
User avatar #48 to #36 - Wartottle (08/17/2012) [-]
now that joke was just pethetic
User avatar #55 to #48 - SuitUp ONLINE (08/17/2012) [-]
Yotta these kind of jokes about.
User avatar #46 to #36 - camPOOFeron (08/17/2012) [-]
heh
#41 to #36 - spjlapj (08/17/2012) [-]
mfw i get the joke
mfw i get the joke
#233 to #41 - itsmewaffle ONLINE (08/18/2012) [-]
User avatar #40 to #36 - misterbonzo (08/17/2012) [-]
I dunno, I heard one of their songs, they really kil-d it.

No? Okay.
#30 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
People are fucking stupid. Probably none of the fucktards here is a or ever worked with computers. 1 GB = 1000 MB, 1 GiB = 1024 MiB.
Even if it says on your shit hard drive that 1 GB = 1024 MB, that's wrong. L2ComputerScience.
#57 to #30 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
1 GB = 1024 mb
1 GiB = 1024 MiB
#58 to #57 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
No.
#59 to #58 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
Yes.
#63 to #59 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
I think hillaryisacunt explained it quite well.
#64 to #63 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
I disagree.
#65 to #64 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
How could you possibly disagree with basic logic?

BTW, maybe you're not sure about which comment I'm talking about:
"Do you understand , how little sense that would make ? By your silly logic

1 GB = 1024 MB , 1 MB = 1024 KB , 1 KB = 1024 B
1 GiB= 1024 MiB, 1 Mib= 1024 KiB, 1 Kib = 1024 ??? A Bibibyte ??"
#67 to #65 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
The logic is faulty, and not basic.
#69 to #67 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
I can only assume you're trolling now, as you're not bringing any proof as to why you're right and I refuse to believe someone is that stupid.
#72 to #69 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
If I brought proof you'd be too stupid to understand it. I mean you think 1 GB = 1000 MB I mean truly you must be a simpleton.
#75 to #72 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
Learn to troll, fucktard. Simple insults are not trolling, no matter how your shit brain tries to convince you that they are. Take this comment as an example, idiot.
#76 to #75 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
Hrmm subject goes into a blind rage when prodded gently.
#78 to #76 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
Is this your first time on the internet? Bad words = rage. Yeah, it must be. I was just imitating your comment, which is a form of trolling, unlike yours. Remaining with no arguments and trying to be condescending in a childish attempt to infuriate the person you're talking to, is not trolling. Welcome to the internet, noob. Want me to teach you some stuff?
#80 to #78 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
Subject proudly beats chest like ape in an attempt to assert dominance. (may be compensating for its small genitalia)
#82 to #80 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
Once again, false. I was belittling you, actually. And small-dick jokes. Well, your young age might explain why you're new to the internet. Suggestion: stand back, watch others, learn from them so that maybe you won't be looking like such a noob.
I'm going to bed now, so bye. It's late and I'm disappointed in the lack of computer knowledge people who spend all day on the internet have.
#85 to #82 - zeustesticle (08/17/2012) [-]
Subject retreats back into his den. Clearly disappointed at his loss in the pissing contest.
User avatar #171 to #85 - phatboi (08/18/2012) [-]
the next time someone gets mad at me im talking to them like that
#39 to #30 - XxbobbyfinxX (08/17/2012) [-]
SO GOOGLE IS WRONG =OO
#106 to #39 - uhmericafuckyea (08/18/2012) [-]
zeus, you are my hero
zeus, you are my hero
#248 to #106 - uhmericafuckyea (08/18/2012) [-]
Whoops... wrong comment :\ FUCK! I got a red thumb for nothing.
#34 to #30 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
Thank you . That's what i was thinking the whole time .
User avatar #32 to #30 - xalbobx (08/17/2012) [-]
That was what i was thinking the whole time!
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#25 - killerofjokes (08/17/2012) [-]
Front Page, call it
User avatar #50 to #25 - bednar (08/17/2012) [-]
You want it - You got it :D
#108 to #50 - killerofjokes (08/18/2012) [-]
I only got one thumb :(
#24 - mondamini (08/17/2012) [-]
So judging by the comments 1000mb isnt 1gb... so then why did the call it a gigabyte then?
#12 - akmini (08/17/2012) [-]
Comment 8 Is fking genius
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#9 to #8 - Airmanator (08/17/2012) [-]
Seriously? Thumbed down? Please take a look at your fucking hard drive.
#11 to #9 - mittins **User deleted account** (08/17/2012) [-]
your being thumbed down because your wrong
your being thumbed down because your wrong
User avatar #18 to #15 - mittins **User deleted account** (08/17/2012) [-]
in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090314085851AAoaDBe

I'll fifght wiki answers with Yahoo answers!!
#19 to #18 - Airmanator (08/17/2012) [-]
That's not referring to media storage.
#20 to #19 - mittins **User deleted account** (08/17/2012) [-]
in computer science 1000MB is equal to 1GB  when windows was designed it imposed there own partition rules 1024MB = 1GB which is what I assume the content above is getting at   
can we stop arguing about it now? here have a cool gif
in computer science 1000MB is equal to 1GB when windows was designed it imposed there own partition rules 1024MB = 1GB which is what I assume the content above is getting at
can we stop arguing about it now? here have a cool gif
User avatar #10 to #9 - gildemoono (08/17/2012) [-]
Your fucking hard drive is wrong then, because 1 gig is 1024mb.
#13 to #10 - Airmanator (08/17/2012) [-]
That's curious then. Each of my dual 2TB hard drives display 1.81TB in total. Maybe I'm missing some math here.
#164 to #13 - N. Korean citizen (08/18/2012) [-]
Well no fucking shit Sherlock, a lot of the OS is stored on your HDD.
There's a tiny part of the motherboard that holds just enough info for the computer to grab the rest of the OS off of the HDD, the rest is stored permanently on your HDD, this is why you get the trolls going "Win32 is a virus delete it ASAP" and then people's computer fuck up, it's because they PHYSICALLY DELETE THEIR OS and the computer does not know how to run itself, the programs you have open do not however break(badly anyways) because they are in essence a self-contained OS, they would never be able to run a computer but they have enough information to be able to run themselves.
User avatar #2 - carrotstew (08/17/2012) [-]
But, 1023 MB = 1.023 GB.
This means that they've had one gig.
User avatar #33 to #2 - ningyoaijin (08/17/2012) [-]
Bytes work in powers of 2, not 10...
User avatar #21 to #2 - DeathKnight (08/17/2012) [-]
wow people like you shouldnt be using computers if you dont know something that simple about it
#35 to #21 - xboxperks (08/17/2012) [-]
Are you serious? Not everyone knows the conversion. Calm your tits.
Are you serious? Not everyone knows the conversion. Calm your tits.
User avatar #23 to #21 - carrotstew (08/17/2012) [-]
It was early in the morning, and I'm sorry.
User avatar #26 to #23 - DeathKnight (08/17/2012) [-]
no, theres literally no excuse for that kind of mistake
User avatar #27 to #26 - carrotstew (08/17/2012) [-]
How about we make a deal. You will not bring this up again and I won't tell the cops where you hid the bodies.
User avatar #5 to #2 - pupak (08/17/2012) [-]
1gb=1024mb
#3 to #2 - bluemoontm (08/17/2012) [-]
1023 MB = 0.9 GB
#22 to #3 - bpwags (08/17/2012) [-]
1023 MB = .9990234375 GB
#17 to #3 - Airmanator (08/17/2012) [-]
Not for media storage, but for memory (RAM) and operating systems. The conversion rates are dissimilar between them.

wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_bytes_are_in_a_megabyte
#29 to #17 - N. Korean citizen (08/17/2012) [-]
No, they are not. 1024MB is 1GB PERIOD.

Hard drive manufacturers MARKET using 1000MB, which is why a 2TB drive never shows up as 2TB after you install it.

One Gigabyte is a unit of measurement, and does not change.
1 byte = 8 bits, regardless of media.
User avatar #31 to #29 - evanimations (08/17/2012) [-]
Dammit then, why not adopt the metric system?
#6 to #3 - jcbiddulph (08/17/2012) [-]
0.999023Gb
User avatar #77 to #6 - xxxherfaultxxx (08/17/2012) [-]
sorry for being dumb. but can someone please explain to me why 1000MB=/=1GB?
User avatar #87 to #77 - gingerfish (08/17/2012) [-]
1024Mb=1Gb, multiples of 2 is the easiest way to compute shit.
see: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024.
Any of these numbers look familiar?
User avatar #90 to #87 - xxxherfaultxxx (08/17/2012) [-]
oooooooh yes now i get it. thanks :)
User avatar #84 to #77 - Kadzait (08/17/2012) [-]
1024MB=1GB
User avatar #88 to #84 - xxxherfaultxxx (08/17/2012) [-]
Yes, but why isn't it just 1000MB=1GB. would have been way easier
User avatar #91 to #88 - xxxherfaultxxx (08/17/2012) [-]
nevermind
#7 to #6 - bluemoontm (08/17/2012) [-]
yeah, if you want to be really specific...
#49 to #7 - jinkazama (08/17/2012) [-]
Well technically it would round up to 1.0 instead of 0.9.
User avatar #4 to #3 - carrotstew (08/17/2012) [-]
Hmmm, you're right.
#1 - poleelop (08/17/2012) [-]
**poleelop rolled a random image posted in comment #110270 at MLP Friendly Board ** lol nice
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