Grey-code ...CS 2280 with Pinnepalli - oh yeah, I remember :) Boyd
>From: "Banker, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >It appears to be 40 bits indeed. I bet Choppy has had some experience >translating hex and octal into 4 and 3 bit binary groupings? > >Anybody remember dealing with grey-code? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Shannon Roddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:58 PM >To: BRLUG-General >Subject: [brlug-general] Math/computer question > > >I have a question: Since working with VPNs and manual keys, I have been >having to generate keys of varying lengths. Correct me if I am wrong; > >a Hex number is base 16. In binary this would take four bits to >represent. Such as the hex number "a" would be 1011. Therefore a hex >number of "05bde5b843" is 10 digits long. Therefore it would be a 40 >bit key right? > >Just making sure that I am not crazy.... >-- >Shannon Roddy >__________________________________________________________________ >Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology >[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory >ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane >fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 >Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy >Calendar/Schedule See Home Page >Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
