Comments on: Computer Memory Scales http://thenextweb.com/2009/05/01/computer-memory-scales/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:47:31 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IT Μπάμπουσκες - jooblers.gr http://thenextweb.com/2009/05/01/computer-memory-scales/#comment-385777 IT Μπάμπουσκες - jooblers.gr Sat, 09 May 2009 18:05:45 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=15807#comment-385777 [...] [via] Tags: funny, IT [...] [...] [via] Tags: funny, IT [...]

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]]> By: Doug Clinton http://thenextweb.com/2009/05/01/computer-memory-scales/#comment-385775 Doug Clinton Fri, 01 May 2009 14:22:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=15807#comment-385775 Edward Tufte would have a field day with these. They may be a useful visual reminder of whether a megabyte is larger or smaller than a gigabyte (should anyone geeky enough to have some of these actually need a reminder) but in no respect are any of these proportional in size to each other in a way that reflects the scaling of their names. That's probably a good thing, in practical terms, though. I hate to think just how large the "terabyte" would be, even scaled by volume, to get it to match the "bit". Edward Tufte would have a field day with these. They may be a useful visual reminder of whether a megabyte is larger or smaller than a gigabyte (should anyone geeky enough to have some of these actually need a reminder) but in no respect are any of these proportional in size to each other in a way that reflects the scaling of their names.

That’s probably a good thing, in practical terms, though. I hate to think just how large the “terabyte” would be, even scaled by volume, to get it to match the “bit”.

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