Incorrect Units
Hover_Cheese
Dec 14 2011
Units are the letters after numbers which tell you what the numbers mean. Eg 120 kg, this means 120 kilograms.
In recent times, I have been noticing a vast number of incorrect units, and I was surprised to find that this insisious evil appears to have infected Wargaming.
Before beginning the download of the 7.0 update, I looked at it on the download page, and saw that it was 1.26 Gb in size. Initially, I mis-read this, and thoguth that
it said 1.26 GB, i.e. 1.26 giga bytes, but after actually looking at it, I saw that it was 1.26 Gb i.e. giga bits. A byte is 8 bits, so I calculated the size of the update,
in GB, to be 1.26/8=0.1575 GB. Quite reasonable, I thought. Then I opened up the launcher, and saw that it was trying to download 1195.62 MB of data. Logic error.
1195.62 is nowhere close to 157.5. It's an order of magnitude different!. I concluded that when it was written that the file was 1.26 Gb, it was supposed to say 1.26 GB.
Please don't make this mistake again.
On a side not, I have seen packets of polenta, that have 200 gm written on them. This means 200 gram-metres. What does that mean?. Don't get me started on my local newspaper's
use of units pertaining to milk.(kg/ms^2)
In recent times, I have been noticing a vast number of incorrect units, and I was surprised to find that this insisious evil appears to have infected Wargaming.
Before beginning the download of the 7.0 update, I looked at it on the download page, and saw that it was 1.26 Gb in size. Initially, I mis-read this, and thoguth that
it said 1.26 GB, i.e. 1.26 giga bytes, but after actually looking at it, I saw that it was 1.26 Gb i.e. giga bits. A byte is 8 bits, so I calculated the size of the update,
in GB, to be 1.26/8=0.1575 GB. Quite reasonable, I thought. Then I opened up the launcher, and saw that it was trying to download 1195.62 MB of data. Logic error.
1195.62 is nowhere close to 157.5. It's an order of magnitude different!. I concluded that when it was written that the file was 1.26 Gb, it was supposed to say 1.26 GB.
Please don't make this mistake again.
On a side not, I have seen packets of polenta, that have 200 gm written on them. This means 200 gram-metres. What does that mean?. Don't get me started on my local newspaper's
use of units pertaining to milk.(kg/ms^2)
Ironmonger69
Dec 14 2011
PTwr
Dec 14 2011
Heh. GB is incorrect suffix. Correct one is GiB. Sounds weird but thats the way it is.
BrooklynBoy
Dec 15 2011
Shush. "They probably want it" to be in MB, so leave it be. Well, if you look at it
0.0126GB
It does look weird. It's probably argsghsarhdfhaksvjsndzjcwaokcdjibsgDfvgfdzg...Ahrg, I hate explaining.Your just "Oooh I'm superior and I want it to be that way or just plain stupid. I'll just give it a
0.0126GB
It does look weird. It's probably argsghsarhdfhaksvjsndzjcwaokcdjibsgDfvgfdzg...Ahrg, I hate explaining.
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