From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	Headware Memory
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:28:38 +1000

Starrngr writes:
> > Pulses aren't binary... one MegaPulse = 10^6 Pulses, not 2^20.
> One GigaPulse
> > = 10^9 Pulses, not 2^30.
>
> If its computer, its binary. Computers dont work any other way
> THAN binary.
> everything in a computer is reduced to 1's and 0's. Its also a feature of
> addressing, which is also stricly binary. It doesnt matter how
> big a pulse
> is, it will still normaly be grouped in a binary function. 2,4,8.
> Somethings
> just dont change.

Go learn some history. The first computers were decimal, not binary. Binary
is just convienent, as it is easier (and thus less error-prone) to write an
arithmetic logic for base 2 than it is to write an arithmetic logic for base
10.

Furthermore, there's a lot of evidence to suggest that most computers in SR
use some form of quantum computing. Quantum computing isn't even digital,
let alone binary.

And, to repeat, Pulses are NOT binary. Nor are they as convienent as you
would think. Pulses are not related to bytes in any fashion, and they are
counted in decimal notation, not binary.

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