I agree with all the other protestors.

1000^8=1024^8

Sorry, that dog won't hunt.

Secondly, where is the unit of measure? What is this a measure of, baby's breath and ether?

Thirdly, the "describing the whole universe". How many atoms are there in the universe? And the can be of how many different varieties? Made up of how many types of Muons?

I seem to recall an article on this site stating that someone was being sued for selling a terabyte drive that was only 1000GB. This question would seem to be of the manufacturer's ilk.