Originally Posted By: paul


48 billion bits / 2 bits = 24 billion bits.


That is wrong if you are going to be anal and adhere to computer memory storage standards

48 billion bits / 2 bits = 24 billion HALF NIBBLES or 24 billion SEMI-NIBBLES

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibble)

=> The term "semi-nibble" is used to refer to a 2-bit collection, or half a nibble

48 billion bits is 48 million bits if you section in 2 bits which are HALF NIBBLES then you have 24 billion HALF NIBBLES or 24 billion SEMI-NIBBLES

But see that would be trolling anal when I really did get what you meant although what you wrote was wrong according to the industry standard we are anally adhering to.

I do however get how you derived the figure now.

Trolling on analness is so easy my snookie wookie but all the analness is getting me hot and bothered.

Last edited by Orac; 12/06/12 04:53 PM.

I believe in "Evil, Bad, Ungodly fantasy science and maths", so I am undoubtedly wrong to you.