Not to mention the curious coincidence that 2**128 is a decimal value that requires NUMERIC DIGITS 39 to express, which happens to be the answer to the Marks Factoid: How many DIGITS would it take to express the circumference of the known universe in units of the radius of a hydrogen atom?
-Chip- On 10/8/09 16:18 Rick McGuire said: > I seriously wasn't expecting to see 128-bit processors in my lifetime > (or at least before my retirement). And 256-bit gives you an address > space in the range of the estimated number of particles in the > universe! > > Just for the giggle factor, 2*128 bytes would require a stack of punch > cards approximately 1.37x10**17 LIGHT YEARS tall! > > Rick > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [Oorexx-devel] Groan!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/352270/microsoft-leaks- >>> details-of-windows-8-and-windows-9 >>> >>> I'm hoping this is a simple as just recompiling! >> Think of it as an opportunity to leapfrog them and go straight to 256-bit!! >> :-)) >> >> Mike >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Unless stated otherwise above: >> IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number >> 741598. >> Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
