I don't think you understood what norm said.I am sure he will debate. On your last comment, you think Saxons had six fingers? 12 in both hands? or whoever came up with the divisions of an inch? or the whole imperial system of measurements?
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Columbia 8.7 #73 Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake NY ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli > > >> Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery, used by sellers to make >> their stuff look more valuable than it is. >> >> Norm > > REPLY > Not so! > It is based on the fact early computers used octal numbering instead of > the decimal number system. This was simply a mathematical convenience to > start with. Cobol and fortran used 8 bit words for coding. In fact so did > Holorith punch cards. 8 columns of holes still fit a conventional office > card that was used in those days. > 8 x 8 = 64, 1024 /8 = 128 and any of the other numbers are also divisible > by 8. 8 bits = one byte. > Newer computers went to 16 bit words then 64 bit words. Encryptions are > often 128 bit etc. Half a Gig of RAM is actually 512 bytes, divisible by 8 > as well. > > Just think if we had started with a hexidecimal numbering system. BUT God > gave us five fingers on each hand, so we naturally learned to count to > base ten and thus was born the decimal system. <VBG> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1806 - Release Date: 22/11/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
