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arabcian n00b
Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Posts: 21
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:11 am Post subject: where to put this LOL |
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today i saw something after i gave emerge -eav system command
Checking for at least 621 mebibytes disk space at "/var/tmp/portage/games-rpg/arx-fatalis-data-1.21-r1/temp"
do someone know what mebibytes means? |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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helpen n00b
Joined: 09 Oct 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:59 am Post subject: |
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The footnote is the perfect answer |
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aCOSwt Bodhisattva
Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 2537 Location: Hilbert space
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: |
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helpen wrote: | The footnote is the perfect answer |
The footnote wrote: | It is important to recognize that the new prefixes for binary multiples are not part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. |
I make no doubt that a few would still consider it baroque while the vast majority would opt for classical.
I would have preferred pré-avant-gardiste.
Of course romantic is the only wrong qualifier.
I seriously consider that the NIST should refrain from publishing taste judgments. _________________
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khayyam Watchman
Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Posts: 6227 Location: Room 101
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:28 am Post subject: |
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aCOSwt wrote: | I seriously consider that the NIST should refrain from publishing taste judgments. |
aCOSwt ... indeed, and wasn't the "modern metric system" abolished by décret impérial, 22 Fructidor, An XIII .. ;)
best ... khay |
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