On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 07:37:38 M R wrote: >Marcus wrote ... >Even if they build a computer of 10 bits, it will have >1024 characters (2^10) and not 1,000 characters.
Of course, Madan, I'm aware of that! >The reason for base 2 is the >LED (Light emitting diode) glows. >0 when light is off & >1 when light is on. > Precisely, that's why I didn't mention anywhere to change the binary SYSTEM for the computer industry, but rather the NUMBER of bits they use to build their hardware with!! This procedure would make a lot more sense and would be much more user-friendly to the user who are humans and are accustomed to count in 10's. >If we want pure metric. They should have a system >through which 1 bit gives 10 values from 0-9 instead >of 2 values. Yes, except that that is unfortunately not feasible unless one could create 10 states of nature instead of the only 2 possible ones as you pointed out above. Therefore, no go! Then >2 bits will give 100 characters >3 bits will give 1000 characters, etc. >... Which are 10^2, 10^3, etc. If we used decimal bits representation would be easier for people to grasp, as they'd be 2^10, 2^20, 2^30, etc, for 10-,20-,30-bit buses. Not only that, the association of the new binary prefixes (the kibi, mibi, gibi stuff) would be more... transparent to the public: Kibi - 10 - 1st generation Mibi - 20 - 2nd generation Gibi - 30 - 3rd generation . . . Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
