Forwarded without comment ... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Mar 1999

...
  Bruce Lane wrote:
   That has got to be the DUMBest idea I've
seen come along in years!

 Let us know what you find out.  I hope that "kilobyte" won't become one of
 those words that instantly marks their users as classic-computer freaks.
 I know jargon changes, but I don't want it to change in this case.
 -- Derek 
Here's one (slightly outdated) reference - but no question, it's not a joke.
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html