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::::That argument has already been refuted in the top most section of this page. It is fallacious to say "Megabyte" and "Mebibyte" when it is obvious that only Mebibyte is rare compared to Megabyte. As for trying to search for MB and MiB that generartes too many false positives with "Men In Black" for example. '''[[User:Fnagaton|Fnag]][[User talk:Fnagaton|aton]]''' 14:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

:::::The argument is kinda valid in that those measurements are all meaningless either way. I suspect that our real-world experiences, if we're all honest, lean heavily towards ''not'' generally using the IEC prefixes. I'm going to try a new approach to trying to figure out where everyone stands shortly... in doing so, I'm not going to try and change the proposal above or claim there's overall consensus about anything, just figure out what is actually still left to argue about. [[User:Sambc|SamBC]]([[User talk:Sambc|talk]]) 14:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

:::: Fnagaton, I wasn't suggesting to use some magic search terms that will show us the real reality. I was merely stating that Google can be used to bend the perceived reality in either way. For that we certainly don't need to show that the IEC prefixes are more common, something only a loony would claim, but simply that their use is increasing seemingly indicating progressive adoption. In other words, I was just pointing out that Mahjongg's comment was neither constructive nor helpful but showing a very superficial view on this issue despite the fact that he wouldn't have to read beyond this page to get the bigger picture and lot of pointers to verifiable information...if you catch my drift. --[[Special:Contributions/217.87.90.29|217.87.90.29]] ([[User talk:217.87.90.29|talk]]) 14:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

=== Standardisation is a good thing ===