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Yeah, yeah, sure, there's a lot of imaginary architectures with non-8-bit bytes, don't throw an autistic tantrum please.
My point is that you guys don't go far enough. When you measure
amount of information all units of measure should derive from the number of bits. Because information is measured in bits, not in "smallest addressable sections of memory".
So it is incorrect to say that some file size is 600 mebibytes, because it leaves undefined the actual number of bits in it. A 600 mebioctet file would take approximately 685 mebibytes on a 7-byte system.
THIS IS WRONG.
So I urge all autismal asspies to head to Wikipedia and start a grassroots movement for deprecation of terms kibibyte, mebibyte, gibibyte, and so on, in favour of kibioctet, mebioctet, gibioctet, and so on. There should be no doubt that you will succeed, after all you did manage to force everyone to use these retarded prefixes in the first place. "Octet" at least doesn't sound like the Teletubbies' favourite brand of anal lubricants.