>buy "8 GB" RAM module >it's actually 8 GiB

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>go to /g/ - the technology board
>it's actually a shitposting contest

STUPID PIECE OF SHIT RETARDED FROGPOSTING SCUM

>>56636070

>get slightly more than expected
>brag about it to strangers

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You got more RAM than you expected. Isn't this a good thing?

>buy 500 GB SSD
>its actually 480

>buy 480 GB SSD
>its 460 GB SSD

REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>56637012
Wrong.

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31898

>>56637025
I don't mind the separate definitions but did they really have to pick such ridiculous names for the binary units? Who the fuck wants to say "mebibyte"?

>>56636070
Is that why its like 8192MB?
That extra 192MB always gives me a really warm feelerino

>>56638004
Windows is the only modern operating system that still uses the old definitions (1024 MB per GB instead of 1000 MB per GB).

>>56638020
Pepeejectinghispopcornfromthebag.gif
>Basically Windows is the USA of the computer world
Still proud!

>>56637883
Habeebyte

>>56638004
fucking stupid

>>56637883
You just say "meg" / "gig" / "T" / "P" and people know by context / they're close enough that it doesn't matter. You only really need to be specific in writing.

Obviously not an excuse, but practically speaking it doesn't really matter.

>>56638093
Nice contribution! Moderator material.

>>56638130
Nice contribution! Moderator material.

>>56637025
By the way thank you, these are beautiful.

Lord, increase my autism so that I may be further from man and closer to You.

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>buy 4 GB of vram
>its actually 3.5 GB

1024 is 1 x 2^10

1000 is 1 x 2^9 + 1 x 2^8 + 1 x 2^7 + 1 x 2^6 + 1 x 2^5 + 1 x 2^3


Inb4 "metric is base 10!" because it's a fucking COMPUTER unit and COMPUTERS count it in base 2. Making the unit base 10 means converting it back and forth needlessly. Why? to benefit the hard drive industry so it can make its drives sound a little bit larger than they really are.

It's a complete failure of ethics and logic on the part of the involved organizations.

>>56638267
>metric is base 10 factorial
>base 3628800
Sounds like a pain

>>56638264
>Buy 4GB
>It's 4096-bit
>See it $50 cheaper a week later

>>56636070
>buying RAM
you can't make this up

>>56637883
What about memebytes?

>>56638313
I loled IRL