How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?

Hunh? This post by splattne links to Superuser.com where the question is asked by Superuser member bronzebeard and it shows the question edited by Superuser member splattne and member Ivo Flipse comments mentions this subject was already discussed on Hacker News and he links back to the first HN post.<p>My head hurts :(

&#60;nostalgia&#62; Remember when you would research this problem? You would maybe even dive into OS/FS source code to see how operating systems determine free space. You would gain deeper insight into implementation details for use in future projects.<p>Now we just ask the world and get back a superficial answer we forget in two days. &#60;/nostalgia&#62;