> > You forget the fact that 8 bits gives 256 combinations. > > You also forget that with 2 bytes you have 256*256 = 65536 bytes. > > All in all: > > > > 24576 ^ 256 == mindboglingly big number. > > About > > 9351187777141846717362003195896738271040212495937994454107040574645424\ > 9245583443144322594038615003054842927068519724841126783110723195570889\ > 8073941758203682829051836783526082116120845407201759722475042071211560\ > 0051820410473294365872119497694873928431555325898826342262468667422042\ > 2852196737838879614366422783973620814238641904863261964446865903186080\ > 7455953887226021889720061428416373343200437382087705581198547064529225\ > 3550459291381331398851539017358529182374094989392063289433103469274152\ > 6205674885141662403202143111832441851107463071300551009443599065490731\ > 4652447357070704841164487732891937439483160046299522548952919047375542\ > 1596882234816026329795540042590173007601641561398620919208634918060613\ > 2621241140211894019420900505496225806614635801683076455586945239225701\ > 8538812059410157575101186908723092259939204970874689912629685428920404\ > 4077613144175923580434854886193797803777168194869650177972994520299274\ > 2708534660020398310621495922409002440038789999118300472972282788357343\ > 5925396360900365327574891133946679268472191285160158273673577663775256\ > 4576141238441649390326877239665074370230630060419837956338016233599900\ > 0576 > > give or take a few googols. > > Shouldn't take long to try all of those on a Sam. Just remember to put the > Sam in a warm place (got to defend against those Ice Ages, ya know) and > pay for a reliable maintenance contract for your UPS. > > /<eith > -- > Only kidding
You also forgot that you may only have 16 colours from the palette of 128. This gives a few more combinations too. Erk! Graham
