> And here lies the problem, before HDD manufacturers decided to change things up, computer science was already standardised on using 1024^n. And long before t

> And here lies the problem, before HDD manufacturers decided to change things up, computer science was already standardised on using 1024^n. And long before that, the SI units defined K as 10^3, G as 10^6 etc.. This is how the prefix is used everywhere for every unit, with the one exception of computer scientist playing it the US way. I personally prefer 1024 as well, but honestly, the scientific side of that argument is a lost cause.