So the updated cheer would go something like: Two bits, Four bits, Six bits, a byte?
Shane O. On 8/30/05, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/30/05, Mike Norwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think 2 bits is a quarter, so 10 bits should be $1.25, right? > > > > Mike > > > Yep, doesn't that old cheer go: > > Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar... > > A nice arithmetic progression that, this might be the source of one or more > questions for SOME certification test. <G> > > For more info on these kind of bits see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(money) > > Of course the kind of bits we usually work with are worth considerably less > than 1/8 of a buck, depending on whether they are realized in RAM, flash, > rotating magnetic media, optical media, etc. etc. etc. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Shane O. ======== Shane O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================== -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
