|it says basically that, to end the confusion between, say, mega = 10^6 or
|2^20 or 10^3*2^10, the ieee and the iec and iso seem to have decided on the
|following units:

|k (kilo) is =only= 10^3
|M (mega) is =only= 10^6

Note that, in abbreviated form, the issue had already been resolved by
the use of the "K" vs "k" prefix.  Unfortunately, all the other larger
prefixes are already uppercase even in decimal form...

|2^10 is going to be "Ki" ("kibi", pronounced "keebee")
|2^20 is going to be "Mi" ("mebi", pronounced "mebee")
|2^30 is going to be "Gi" ("gibi", pronounced "geebee")

|it'll take some time to take over, i guess... :)

What do they want to call 1,024,000 of something?  Or for that matter,
10^3*2^20 or 10^6*2^10?