I can tell that the wet weather is giving some of you cabin fever. -- Steve A11OGE Red 4/4 4 seater
On 22 June 2012 09:32, Alan Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > Depends on the song. > If was anything by the famous English folk virtuoso "Rambling Sid Rumpo" > then I would record it in Imperial onto British paper, preferably Izal. > If it was that foreign stuff, sung by ladies in fancy dress with impossibly > large bosoms and composed of a succession of vowels but no consonants > otherwise known as 'opera.' Then I wouldn't bother. > > Alan > In silly mode in Sussex > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johan Helsingius [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 22 June 2012 09:13 > To: mogtalk2 > Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Diff Temp > > > Now tell me the metric system is not easier!!! > > I just had to calculate how long a punched paper tape version of one song > in > CD quality digital format would be, if you were using paper tape instead of > a CD or USB stick to store your music (don't ask why > - it was one of those pub discussions). > > The song we were looking at was 60 MB on CD. > > Punched paper tape has perforations every 0.1 inch (2.54 mm), so one 10 > bytes/inch. Thus one kilobyte takes 100 inches, that is > 8.3 feet. One megabyte is a thousand kilobytes, so that is 8300 feet, or > 1.6 > miles. Thus the 60 MB file is 60 * 1.6 miles, or > 96 miles. > > Let's do that in metric.. If 1 byte takes 2.54 mm, then one kilobyte takes > 2.54 meters and one megabyte takes 2.54 kilometres, so the answer is 60 * > 2.54 km, or 152 km. > > Now, which one was easier? :) > > Julf > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [ > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
