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Old 07-12-2004, 05:04 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally posted by CyCo PL
I have every snes game ever made on my computer. I am not exaggerating, I have 9.5 gigabytes of pure happiness.
I'm confused...

About 650 snes games were made, or so most websites say.
Lets say that with saves and the original rom each one is 5 MB in size.

650 X 5 / 1000 = 3.25 GB

9.5 GB > 3.25 GB

Where are the extra 6.25 GBs coming from? I could see that with a good number of savestates for each game it might be an extra gig or two, but six ?

/I spent at least twenty minutes trying to decide if the subject-verb agreement was correct in "Where are the extra 6.25 GBs coming from?" . Gigabytes is plural, but I am talking about them both individually and collectively as a number. I tried Google but could not find any assistance on subject-verb agreement and storage space notation.

Anyone know the answer ?
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