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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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No.
That's because the quoted size is the raw amount of user data in the flash chips which is less than the actual amount of data since flash chips contain additional non-user data to protect blocks and store status information but less than the amount that the user will see since the file system and operating system will add an overhead and oh god this is tedious but everbody else is talking semi-informed shite and the nerd in me couldn't quite resist I'll shut up now kthx.
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:28, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
you
all the careful trolling you carry out, and this you take seriously?

THIS?
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:30, Reply)
I had to write a driver for an [vendor erased] flash part at work last week because [manufacturer erased] are incompetent nobweeds.
It's a sore point. Like my penis.
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:32, Reply)
it's all over for you
the only solution is DYAAKY
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:34, Reply)
Okay clever clogs
but the amount you "lose" between the volume you see on the packet and what you get appears to be a bit proportional, so if it was just system storage surely that would be far less with a large chip rather than a small chip?

I'm genuinely curious, are you saying that the difference in bits between what we define as 1Gb and how many bits that would be if you started from 8 bits in 1 byte and had 1024Mb or whatever has nothing to do with the difference in perceived size?
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Yeah, you've got it!

(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:32, Reply)
See the other answer.
Hard disk platters were always quoted in decimal (i.e. 1000 bytes to a kB etc) to make them seem slightly bigger until consumers got a trifle miffed. Flash memory wasn't really a consumer product until fairly recently so the numbers quoted were more "honest".
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:35, Reply)
Nah, you've lost me know and I've stopped being curious.
I'm going to look at some tits instead.
(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 12:38, Reply)
looking down?

(, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 13:08, Reply)

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