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Komodo · Apr 3rd, 2007, 1:16 PM

what you say isn't possible, a kilogram is still 1000 grams, I'm pretty sure that the BIPM hasn't changed that.

when I said that it isn't standardised, I meant that there isn't a commonly accepted standard besides that of ignorance.

the BIPM has stated that SI measurements are not to be used as binary prefixes. the IEC has came up with Binary Prefixes, IEEE, CIPM, and NIST, all support it. It's already starting to get used. BitTorrent, DC++, the Linux Kernel, and other programs already use it.

I have said that I have only ever come accross it being used on wikipedia, doesn't mean that's the only place it is used.

Apr 3rd, 2007, 1:16 PM	#18
Komodo Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scranton, PA Posts: 112 Rep Power: 0	what you say isn't possible, a kilogram is still 1000 grams, I'm pretty sure that the BIPM hasn't changed that. when I said that it isn't standardised, I meant that there isn't a commonly accepted standard besides that of ignorance. the BIPM has stated that SI measurements are not to be used as binary prefixes. the IEC has came up with Binary Prefixes, IEEE, CIPM, and NIST, all support it. It's already starting to get used. BitTorrent, DC++, the Linux Kernel, and other programs already use it. I have said that I have only ever come accross it being used on wikipedia, doesn't mean that's the only place it is used.