On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 14:44 -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote: > Shane Hathaway wrote: > > Given those rules, n bits can express integers from 0 to (2^n - 1). n > > is 2^64, so 16 exbibits can express integers from 0 to (2^(2^64) - 1). > > BTW, if you meant to ask about 16 exbibytes, you can represent up to
Am I the only one who thinks that mebibytes and kibibytes and exbibytes are silly and still uses good old SI prefixes using 1024 as the factor? I probably am, but I just refuse to us MiBs or GiBs. > (2^(2^72) - 1). > > Shane > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
