Sixteen megabytes!

**Funkstar** · 03-01-2007, 11:36 AM

Damned hard drive manufacturers. Everyone is happy with multiples of 1024 and Kilo, mega and giga. But they have to go and confuse it all by using multiples of 1000.

**chuckskull** · 03-01-2007, 11:43 AM

mmm 134mbit. in me up for that and while their at it, they can install something for me to bend over when the RIAA find me

I couldn't be held responsible for my actions with that much bandwidth

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Steve

I'm sure a few of you know this already, but here goes...

I was watching a Sky Broadband ad on Sky Three (Freeview, woo) earlier. The voiceover proclaimed blistering speeds of some "sixteen megabytes" with Sky Broadband. That's a whopping 134 megabits per second, unless they mean megabytes per minute, which ain't so good.

Now, I was going to point out this slight hitch to someone or other, but figured swarms of others will have done so already.

Still, make me chuckle. Would be better still if they actually provided it.

Depends whether they said 16 megabytes a second of 16 megabyte connection (i havnt seen the ad).

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by Taz

One a related note, do people still use the correct notation for megabytes (MB), megabits (Mb), megabits per second (Mb/S) and so on. I very rarely see the units correctly specified in adverts.

Are the units specified differently these days (compared to when I read Computer Science in the mid-80's)?

As far as i'm aware the new binary multiple system was adopted in 98 but meh, no one paid any attention really.

**Matt1eD** · 03-01-2007, 02:55 PM

I always see it printed incorrectly. I'll always use the old and always imo correct version (as written by Taz) and that's still used for CS A-Level.

Evil... behave, don't confuzle matters

**Steve** · 03-01-2007, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by yamangman

Depends whether they said 16 megabytes a second of 16 megabyte connection (i havnt seen the ad).

Whichever way you say it it's still wrong.

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Steve

Whichever way you say it it's still wrong.

So you can't get a 16 megabyte line on Sky?

**Funkstar** · 03-01-2007, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by yamangman

So you can't get a 16 megabyte line on Sky?

nope. you can get a 16 megaBIT connection though. that works out at a 2 megaBYTE line.

Bandwidth is always measured in bits, data storage is in bytes.

UKMuFFiN · 03-01-2007, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Funkstar

nope. you can get a 16 megaBIT connection though. that works out at a 2 megaBYTE line.

Bandwidth is always measured in bits, data storage is in bytes.

^ To make it sound quicker

Which I suppose it does physiologically, I don't bother working out what 16mbit would be, I just think, "oooh, 16mb/s, nice"

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 05:59 PM

OK i'm not going to explain the joke.

**Funkstar** · 03-01-2007, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by yamangman

OK i'm not going to explain the joke.

You mean there was humour in your last post? sorry i missed that

UKMuFFiN · 03-01-2007, 07:28 PM

^^

**Kumagoro** · 03-01-2007, 07:43 PM

By marketing ploy I meant people will pick up on it and discuss it therefore free advertising ... just like this.

Mb/S ?? what the hell is Megabits per Siemen. ???

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Funkstar

You mean there was humour in your last post? sorry i missed that

It dosn't surprise me, it's an extremely nerdy joke.

UKMuFFiN · 03-01-2007, 08:18 PM

^

Funkstar owned!

**yamangman** · 03-01-2007, 08:23 PM

Err ok

Thread: Sixteen megabytes!

LinkBack

Thread Tools

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

Similar Threads

Nvidia NV40 - SIXTEEN pipelines !

Posting Permissions