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I just read the court documents for the class action brought against LaCie because they sold hard drives that didn't have the expected capacity. What a crock of crap.
Yes. Computers are binary devices so the decimal meaning of Kilo is slightly off. It isn't 1,000; it's 1,024. Because LaCie didn't put a disclaimer label on saying they were using the decimal meaning of "1G", this asshole lawyer wants $175,000,000. Half + expenses to the law firm.
Over the years, I've seen manufactures us both the binary and the decimal meanings of the metric measures. The binary meaning confuses none technical types. The decimal meaning, at most, disappoints the technical types.
It is NOT worth litigation.
Yes. Computers are binary devices so the decimal meaning of Kilo is slightly off. It isn't 1,000; it's 1,024. Because LaCie didn't put a disclaimer label on saying they were using the decimal meaning of "1G", this asshole lawyer wants $175,000,000. Half + expenses to the law firm.
Over the years, I've seen manufactures us both the binary and the decimal meanings of the metric measures. The binary meaning confuses none technical types. The decimal meaning, at most, disappoints the technical types.
It is NOT worth litigation.