Re: K3b sees 4.7GB DVD+R as 4.4 GB

[Mats Erlandson <mats@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Of course you are right and I admire your persistence in trying to 
educate people who, unfortunately, have not been around long enough nor 
understand that computing has its purposeful variation of the standard 
language.  Should we ask, for example, the legal profession to always 
express itself in terms understood by everyone?  (Have you tried to 
understand the tax code?)

Almost every profession has its own lingo to better express the meaning 
to the insightful and having absolutely no regard for ANSI, ISO 
standards nor common man.  That, then, the terms are hi-jacked by 
'marketing people' or attacked by purists, for that matter, is just sad 
and more a comment on them than the professional people.

As you so rightly say, 'If everyone was consistent with everyone else 
this would be a perfect world.  :)    Since that is an ideal, we live in 
reality.'

A suitable forum for this discussion is some group on language, idioms, 
etc. not the FC list.

Mats