Errr, 1024 Bytes, not 1012??? Graham W ----- Original Message ----- From: David Tayler To: mogtalk2 Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Diff Temp
Sorry to be a pedant but it could cost you the answer in the pub quiz .One kilobyte is 1012 Bytes and a gigabyte is 1012 megabytes ,because they are based on binary numbers. Those really are tricky for mere humans to use. 10101001010+ 10110111001 is ? David T On 22/06/2012 09:12, Johan Helsingius wrote: >> Now tell me the metric system is not easier!!! > I just had to calculate how long a punched paper tape version of one > song in CD quality digital format would be, if you were using paper > tape instead of a CD or USB stick to store your music (don't ask why > - it was one of those pub discussions). > > The song we were looking at was 60 MB on CD. > > Punched paper tape has perforations every 0.1 inch (2.54 mm), so > one 10 bytes/inch. Thus one kilobyte takes 100 inches, that is > 8.3 feet. One megabyte is a thousand kilobytes, so that is 8300 > feet, or 1.6 miles. Thus the 60 MB file is 60 * 1.6 miles, or > 96 miles. > > Let's do that in metric.. If 1 byte takes 2.54 mm, then one > kilobyte takes 2.54 meters and one megabyte takes 2.54 kilometres, > so the answer is 60 * 2.54 km, or 152 km. > > Now, which one was easier? :) > > Julf > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5083 - Release Date: 06/21/12 > > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
