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Cameron Simpson wrote:
>On 29Dec2009 21:42, Aahz wrote:
>| In article
><8950e4a5-f630-4ffb-b7ed-5c539913a...@a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>| Mensanator wrote:
>| >Ah, the 8 GB Mac wouldn't have helped. Glad I didn't spend the extra
>| >$1000.
>|
>| It's almost always cheaper to
On 29Dec2009 21:42, Aahz wrote:
| In article <8950e4a5-f630-4ffb-b7ed-5c539913a...@a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
| Mensanator wrote:
| >Ah, the 8 GB Mac wouldn't have helped. Glad I didn't spend the extra
| >$1000.
|
| It's almost always cheaper to buy your Mac and then upgrade the RAM
| separa
In article <8950e4a5-f630-4ffb-b7ed-5c539913a...@a6g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Mensanator wrote:
>
>Ah, the 8 GB Mac wouldn't have helped. Glad I didn't spend the extra
>$1000.
It's almost always cheaper to buy your Mac and then upgrade the RAM
separately.
--
Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com)
In article <034921cf$0$1277$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:50:11 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
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> > I routinely use large numbers in my Collatz Conjecture work.
> >
> > Really large. As in a quarter million bits.
>
> That's not large. *THIS* is a larg
On Dec 28, 9:04 pm, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <034921cf$0$1277$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>,
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:50:11 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
>
> > > I routinely use large numbers in my Collatz Conjecture work.
>
> > > Really large. As in a quarter million b
On Dec 28, 6:48 pm, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:27:58 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
> > And if I were ice fishing on the retention pond near my house and
> > someone came up and said "You know, blue whales can achieve a length of
> > up to 108 ft.", he would leave in a basket.
>
> C
On Dec 28, 4:44 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:50:11 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
> > I routinely use large numbers in my Collatz Conjecture work.
>
> > Really large. As in a quarter million bits.
>
> That's not large.
Perhaps not in the absolute sense. But it's large compared to
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:50:11 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
> I routinely use large numbers in my Collatz Conjecture work.
>
> Really large. As in a quarter million bits.
That's not large. *THIS* is a large number:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham's_number
Unless you need special notation merely
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:27:58 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
> And if I were ice fishing on the retention pond near my house and
> someone came up and said "You know, blue whales can achieve a length of
> up to 108 ft.", he would leave in a basket.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help,
On Dec 28, 9:08 am, casevh wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2:13 am, Mark Dickinson wrote:
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> > On Dec 28, 6:50 am, Mensanator wrote:
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> > > But with a 64-bit processor, that limitation no longer stops me.
>
> > > i: 11 bits: 10,460,353,205 decimals: 3,148,880,080
> > > i: 12 bits: 94,143,17
On Dec 28, 2:13 am, Mark Dickinson wrote:
> On Dec 28, 6:50 am, Mensanator wrote:
>
>
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> > But with a 64-bit processor, that limitation no longer stops me.
>
> > i: 11 bits: 10,460,353,205 decimals: 3,148,880,080
> > i: 12 bits: 94,143,178,829 decimals: 28,339,920,715
>
> > Wow! 94 bill
On Dec 28, 6:50 am, Mensanator wrote:
> But with a 64-bit processor, that limitation no longer stops me.
>
> i: 11 bits: 10,460,353,205 decimals: 3,148,880,080
> i: 12 bits: 94,143,178,829 decimals: 28,339,920,715
>
> Wow! 94 billion bits! 28 billion decimal digits!
>
> Of course, once o
I routinely use large numbers in my Collatz Conjecture work.
Really large. As in a quarter million bits. You wouldn't think
that the processor would make all that much difference. But
using the number is a doddle. The real trick is getting there.
There is a limitation that few encounter. In an ex
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