The Beginning Of The End?

Dr EMH · Post by **Dr EMH** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:45 am

lhs1701 wrote:I need to point it out that 1 Kilo = 1000, however in computer, 1 Kilo equates to 1024, or 2 to the power of 10...

Now that's engineer's talking ... precise to the last digit. hehe

Impulse · Post by **Impulse** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:46 am

Dr EMH wrote:
lhs1701 wrote:I need to point it out that 1 Kilo = 1000, however in computer, 1 Kilo equates to 1024, or 2 to the power of 10...
Now that's engineer's talking ... precise to the last digit. hehe

why suddenly become physics ah?

Plo Strax-Avix · Post by **Plo Strax-Avix** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:58 pm

Yaloh my thread is suppose to spur a debate about if today's budding 'AI' technology will evolve into what we saw in 'Terminator' leh...

Dr EMH · Post by **Dr EMH** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:07 am

Commander Faie wrote:
lhs1701 wrote:I need to point it out that 1 Kilo = 1000, however in computer, 1 Kilo equates to 1024, or 2 to the power of 10...
1 Terabyte (TB) = 1,024 GB ...
why suddenly become physics ah?

Sorry I know I'm off topic here, but I can't resist but to post this news:

http://www.physorg.com/news785.html

A 3.5-inch disc (like size of a Mini-Disc, MD) can hold 100 Terabyte of data!

Perhaps one day, a single disc can store all sci-fi shows together ... SW, ST, B5, Andromeda, BSG, Farscape ... hehe