[rescue] rescuing an ailing U10...

[Scott Quinn]

>> 4K, BTW, is conveniently the size of an i386 memory page.  Fair 
>> enough,
>> I guess; IIRC, the 512-byte standard came from the VAX memory 
>> pagesize.
>>
>> [0] Real kilobytes, not this "but it's an SI unit" whining or
>>      kibibibibilitibytes nonsense.
>
> Thank you for not using KiB.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar

Attempting to force a binary machine to use base-10 numbering makes as 
much sense as attempting to list prices at the supermarket in hex. The 
1000 byte kilobyte should have been stillborn.