Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Columbia 8.7 #73 Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake NY
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] K and milli > > >> Yes, using Kbytes=1000 bytes is called Puffery, used by sellers to make >> their stuff look more valuable than it is. >> >> Norm > > REPLY > Not so! > It is based on the fact early computers used octal numbering instead of > the decimal number system. This was simply a mathematical convenience to > start with. Cobol and fortran used 8 bit words for coding. In fact so did > Holorith punch cards. 8 columns of holes still fit a conventional office > card that was used in those days. > 8 x 8 = 64, 1024 /8 = 128 and any of the other numbers are also divisible > by 8. 8 bits = one byte. > Newer computers went to 16 bit words then 64 bit words. Encryptions are > often 128 bit etc. Half a Gig of RAM is actually 512 bytes, divisible by 8 > as well. > > Just think if we had started with a hexidecimal numbering system. BUT God > gave us five fingers on each hand, so we naturally learned to count to > base ten and thus was born the decimal system. <VBG> > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1806 - Release Date: 22/11/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
