Marcus wrote "Actually the above is a cheap excuse. Unfortunately the problem here is that these guys decided to build computers using a binary number of bits, i.e. 4 bits, 8 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits, etc (AARRGHH!!). Had they been more user-friendly to the decimal system and they would have created 10-bit, 20-bit, 30-bit, etc computers, alas! IMHO there is no reasonable justification to use binary powers for bit buses. What can I say?... :-S"
Even if they build a computer of 10 bits, it will have 1024 characters (2^10) and not 1,000 characters. The reason for base 2 is the LED (Light emitting diode) glows. 0 when light is off & 1 when light is on. If we want pure metric. They should have a system through which 1 bit gives 10 values from 0-9 instead of 2 values. Then 2 bits will give 100 characters 3 bits will give 1000 characters, etc. Madan --- Ma Be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 00:16:56 -0800 > From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [USMA:17256] Re: Duodecimal System > Organization: Angelfire > (http://email.angelfire.mailcity.lycos.com:80) > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:02:52 > M R wrote: > ... > >The guy who maintains this website should be > >anti-metric. If you go little above in the > webpage, > >he argues that computers have defied metric system. > > > >Madan > >... > Actually the above is a cheap excuse. Unfortunately > the problem here is that these guys decided to build > computers using a binary number of bits, i.e. 4 > bits, 8 bits, 16 bits, 32 bits, etc (AARRGHH!!). > Had they been more user-friendly to the decimal > system and they would have created 10-bit, 20-bit, > 30-bit, etc computers, alas! IMHO there is no > reasonable justification to use binary powers for > bit buses. What can I say?... :-S > > Marcus > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
