BIOS hard drive size limitations

[Rod Speed]

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It was actually you flaunting the fact that you couldnt manage to read and
comprehend what was actually being discussed when you jumped into the thread.

Well actually Rod you were the first in this thread to bring up the nonsense about "hard drive
sector count".

Nothing non sensical about that.

I responded to that.

You in fact couldnt even manage to comprehend that was
being discussed was binary ORGANISATION, not JUST binary.

Of course quite a bit of the operation of
a hard drive involves binary processes.

It does not involve binary ORGANISATION tho.

You couldnt even manage to grasp that there is in fact an SI standard
for prefixes and that that involves decimal prefixes, not binary prefixes.

The universe is a really big place, Rod.

No it isnt with hard drive manufactures. There are in fact only a tiny handful of those.

So, no, can't say as I have seen them used universally, but going back to the Western Digital site
I find my hard drive size listed as 5.787 Inches long, 1.028 Inches high and 4.00 Inches wide.

Pathetic, really.

In the spirit of fairness I must tell you they also list the size in metric equivalents, but that
hardly makes decimal prefixes universal.

It does with the prefixes used to describe the hard drive capacity.

As you know full well.

Yeah, I couldn't find any examples of megasectors being used as SI prefixes for hard drive sector
count either.

Pity we happened to be discussing what prefixes are used
for the hard drive storage capacity. As you know full well.

That does make me wonder about the validity of your assertion that SI is the default.

SURE it does.

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It was actually you flaunting the fact that you couldnt manage
to read and comprehend what was actually being discussed
when you jumped into the thread and your desperate attempts
to bullshit your way out of your predicament now.

In spades with that silly shit above.

Okay, okay, you misspelled it. <grin>

No I didnt.

I suppose that was nasty of me, sorry.

Just pathetic, actually.

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It was actually you flaunting the fact that you couldnt manage
to read and comprehend what was actually being discussed
when you jumped into the thread and your desperate attempts
to bullshit your way out of your predicament now.

In spades with that silly shit above.

Address and data busses are intrinsically binary ORGANIZED and so are many CPU registers.

Pity we happened to be discussing hard drive capacity.

In fact much of the computer architecture is intrinsically binary ORGANIZED.

Pity we happened to be discussing hard drive capacity.

Memory is certainly not the only thing organized that way.

Pity that hard drive sectors arent.

That's the funny thing about threads Rod, they branch into new threads.

It hadnt when you jumped into this thread and made
such a spectacular fool of yourself when you did.

You should have noticed the change before you answered me.

There was no change. Just you making a spectacular fool of yourself, as always.

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It was actually you flaunting the fact that you couldnt manage
to read and comprehend what was actually being discussed
when you jumped into the thread and your desperate attempts
to bullshit your way out of your predicament now.

In spades with that silly shit above.

It is clumsy and cumbersome but not "too" clumsy and cumbersome.

Wrong, as always.

Yes they are in most cases but in this case they lead to more confusion than they are worth.

Wrong, as always.

Guilty as charged. Prefixes should be used when they are the de facto standard.

The decimal GB prefix is universally used by ALL hard drive manufacturers.

For instance I would have no problem with the use of
decimal prefixes exclusively by those who manufacture hard drives if the OS and utility writers
also used them.

You have always been, and always will be, completely and utterly irrelevant.

What you might or might not have a problem with in spades.

Since in fact they don't always do that, to avoid the inevitable confusion, I feel that plain old
numbers, no matter how cumbersome, are a better way to go,

Almost no one agrees with you there, so you are completely irrelevant.

since plain numbers are the de facto standard for most people using computers.

No they arent, prefixes are.

Thanks for your concern, Rod. I have had my ears checked and indeed I do have a hearing loss,
probably due to the high noise level at my "blue collar job".

Your problem.

But you don't bother with collars, blue or white, so I won't expand on that.

Great, there is only so much or your mindless silly shit anyone can take.

Thanks for deleting so much of it from the quoting.

Computers have little problem remembering them.

We arent discussing computers remembering them.

Please take my posts in the spirit of constructive criticism.

Request denied. You're clearly just playing silly buggers.

That was my intent.

SURE it was.

I have read many of your posts in answer to others'
questions and despite your unusual ways, you seem to have a good general knowledge of computer
hardware.

Leaves yours for dead on such basic stuff as prefixes too.

 

[Charlie]

It isnt that black and white, most obviously with the 127G limit.


The technical term for that is 'pathetically inadequate sample'

Actually, Rod, 'pathetically inadequate sample' is not a technical term.
'Inadequate sample' would probably be an acceptable term if you, in fact,
know the actual size of the sample.

What is the size of the sample, Rod?

Charlie

 

[Rod Speed]

Actually, Rod, 'pathetically inadequate sample' is not a technical term.

Wouldnt know what sarcasm was if it bit it on its lard arse.

'Inadequate sample' would probably be an acceptable term if you, in fact, know the actual size of
the sample.

What is the size of the sample, Rod?

Your pathetic attempts at coat trailing fool absolutely no one at all, as always.

 

[John Doe]

John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> wrote


Pity I wasnt using the word course,

What word is "corse" supposed to be?

****wit child.

Your parents should have taught you some manners.

 

[Rod Speed]

What word is "corse" supposed to be?

Might as well try explaining that to a stone, ****wit child.

Your parents should have taught you some manners.

Your 'parents' should have had an abortion.