On Friday 22 June 2007 07:29, Ivan Jager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CD-ROMs have 2304 byte raw sectors. > > 2048 + 256 for ECC, both of which are powers of two. Even if you use the > 2304 raw bytes, that is a multiple of 2^8 bytes, and not even divisible by > 10^1.
Powers of 2 are everywhere. I have 8+2 toes, both of which are powers of two. How did humans even start counting in base 10 when it's obvious that there are 8+2 digits to count with (and that's both powers of 2). :-# -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Blog http://www.coker.com.au/sponsorship.html Sponsoring Free Software development -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
