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Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2008-07-03 11:41 pm
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Powers of two

I can't remember what made me think of this, but there's a bit in Snow Crash about powers of two, and I wondered if things had changed, and that people deal in higher level stuff than this these days. And it's just striking and a bit weird anyway that some people have had occasion to memorize this stuff, I wondered if you had...

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Update: The "powers of two" are just 1+1 = 2, 2+2 = 4, 4+4 = 8, 8+8 = 16 and so on.

Update: it seems like it isn't clear from the above, so for the avoidance of doubt, no-one should feel that they should know this off by heart!

[identity profile] ergotia.livejournal.com 2008-07-04 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Why would I? I dont need that information in my professional life or my personal life.

[identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com 2008-07-04 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
No indeed - it's not something anyone *should* memorize, it's just striking how many folk have...