Saturday, September 12, 2009

Your precious bytes. 1024 = 1000 ?

I never understood the storage memory difference my system showed until I read this

http://blog.macsales.com/1852-snow-leopard-changes-they-way-we-look-at-gigabytes-and-megabytes-and-kilobytes-as-well

It appears there is a fundamental difference in the way drive manufacturers rate the storage size vs Operating System does. The system sees 1KB = 1024 bytes, but for the drive manufacturers 1KB=1000 bytes and this explains all the difference.

So, the next time you put in a 100GB drive and notice the system shows you only 97.6GB or so, now you know the difference. Snow Leopard now makes this transparent.

How true !!

September 16 2009 it is an important milestone in my life. Didn't achieve anything literally, but technically yes. I will be 30 this day. It is a great feeling. Still filled with unfulfilled dreams that started at 18. Well, the next 30 is always there :-).

One of my friends sent this funny little thing about what makes you if you are born this day. Removed of all other days and posting mine...

Most of it looks true :-)))

[16th.]
Your birth on the 16th day of the month gives a sense of loneliness and
generally the desire to work alone. You are relatively inflexible, and
insist on your being independent. You need a good deal of time to rest and
to meditate. You are introspective and a little stubborn.
Because of this, it may not be easy for you to maintain permanent
relationships, but you probably will as you are very much into home and
family. This birthday inclines to interests in the technical, the
scientific, and to the religious or the unknown realm of spiritual
explorations. The date gives you a tendency to seek unusual approaches and
makes your style seem a little different and unique to those around you.
Your intuition is aided by the day of your birth, but most of your actions
are bedded in logic, responsibility, and the rational approach. You may be
emotional, but have a hard time expressing these emotions. Because of this,
there may be some difficulty in giving or receiving affection.

Monday, December 31, 2007

My Blog

Dear Readers,

A long felt thirst to make noise of something of some unknown value, whatever it takes, was on the cards for sometime now. Here it is. Sit back on your rolling thrones between your coffee breaks to see what I have for you in waiting when I have one.

Rgds,
Gokul