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Message no. 1
From: John E Pederson <pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU>
Subject: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 19:07:25 -0500
M. Sean Martinez wrote:
<snip>
> Besides, does anyone know exatctly what the size of a MP is?

approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)

--
John Pederson otherwise known as Lyle Canthros, shapeshifter-mage
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Message no. 2
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:10:37 +1000
John E Pederson writes:
> M. Sean Martinez wrote:
> <snip>
> > Besides, does anyone know exatctly what the size of a MP is?
>
> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)

Why not write 2^20?

Anyway, who says that megapulses still use the mishmash of binary and
decimal notation that we use for bytes?

--
Duct tape is like the Force: There's a Light side, a Dark side, and it
binds the Universe together.
Robert Watkins -- robert.watkins@******.com
Message no. 3
From: Matthew Waddilove <matthew@*********.U-NET.COM>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:52:10 +0100
M. Sean Martinez wrote:
<snip>
> Besides, does anyone know exatctly what the size of a MP is?

About this big of course <Waving arms in a non-descript way like an angler
who's just caught a fish that was smaller than he'd like to admit.> :)

-Matthew Waddilove
Message no. 4
From: "M. Sean Martinez" <ElBandit@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:44:59 EDT
In a message dated 9/10/98 8:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:

> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)

And a pulse is how big?
Message no. 5
From: Steven McCormick <stardust@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 20:15:35 -0500
At 07:44 PM 9/11/98 EDT, M. Sean Martinez wrote:
>In a message dated 9/10/98 8:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:
>
>> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)
>
>And a pulse is how big?
>
>

Hmm... 42. :)

BlueMule
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 12:01:08 +0100
And verily, did M. Sean Martinez hastily scribble thusly...
|
|In a message dated 9/10/98 8:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
|pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:
|
|> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)
|
|And a pulse is how big?
|

How long is a piece of string?
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 12:05:23 +0100
And verily, did Steven McCormick hastily scribble thusly...
|>> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)
|>
|>And a pulse is how big?
|>
|Hmm... 42. :)

I suppose we could say that 1 gigaquad = 1 megapulse....
:)

<He said, resorting to startrek puns>

--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 8
From: Shaun Gilroy <shaung@**********.NET>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:26:44 -0400
At 07:44 PM 9/11/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/10/98 8:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:
>
>> approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)
>
>And a pulse is how big?
>

Do you remember "Traveller" in the 1980s? They released programs and other
units of computer measurements for vastly futuristic supercomputers at
Kilobytes. By the end of the 80s the game was already dated by that fact.

I think Shadowrun has no solid definition of size for MegaPulses and Pulses
because, whatever concrete form of measurement us used, within a few years
the concept will be dated.



Shaun Gilroy [shaung@**********.net]
Online Technologies Corporation
Message no. 9
From: John E Pederson <pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Size of a Mp (was re: Dumb ways to munch?)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 16:06:04 -0500
M. Sean Martinez wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/10/98 8:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU writes:
>
> > approximately 1024^2 pulses. Duh:)
>
> And a pulse is how big?

Now, now. That would be telling:)
And not longer than a few billionths of a second, I'm sure:)

--
John Pederson otherwise known as Lyle Canthros, shapeshifter-mage
----------------------------------------------------------------------
"Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes
convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe -- a
spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we
with our modest powers must feel humble."
--Albert Einstein
lobo1@****.com canthros1@***.com pedersje@******.rose-hulman.edu
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 ICQ UIN 3190186
"I'm not fifty!" "SPOONMAN!!!" Number Two -- with a bullet!

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