kilobyte > megabyte > byte > terabyte - why is this?

[baius]

Oh, and what's a petabyte?

"Answers", unless someone else with a mind as obscure as mine gets it first, will be revealed in (about) a day's time.

Enjoy. (Notice I didn't say "ROFL warning" in the title on this one!?)

(Edit: This is my 600th post.)

[Salazaar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix

Edit: Just realised this is some sort of puzzle not a question...

[jim]

Is it because you can't count?

[Singh400]

Dude, whatever you are smoking...gimmie.

[Stephen C]

Where does the Trilobite sit in this food chain?

[scaryjim]

I'm guessing you're doing something clever mathematically with the letters in the prefixes, but I really CBA to work out what...

[baius]

Thank you for your replies. More will be revealed.

(Petabyte could be linked to cats and dogs...)

[Domestic_Ginger]

Kill>Meg?>Dead (nothing?)>Earth

Very scary.

[Phage]

A 'Killer byte' hurts more than a 'Mega' (but non-fatal bite). A 'Mega' or plain 'big' byte hurts more than a standard byte. A standard bite hurts more than a bite from your pet terrapin.

[baius]

Phage, your avatar says you're "under achieving" - not in this thread! Thanks given for first poster to get my obscure reasoning.

Yes - the only thing you missed was tera...

Bytes (bites) in order of pain:

• tera (terror): only scares you
• byte: ouch.
• mega-byte: mega-ouch.
• kilo (killer): you die.

Oh, and petabyte?

• When your cat (a pet) decides she doesn't like you!

See scaryjim, it wasn't mathematical (unless you call this "logic") after all.

[jim]

First person to come up with meanings for exabyte, zettabyte and yottabyte gets a cookie.

Please note, cookie may be virtual

[baius]

...gets a cookie.

Anyone who defines a reasonable definition of what a mili-byte and a nano-byte is will get an LSO, courtesy of Adobe.