The General Chit Chat Thread 2

[Burkingam]

Can you do the multiples of 256 in your head?

In hexadecimal, yes. It's 100*1=100, 100*2=200, 100*3=300, 100*4=400, 100*5=500, 100*6=600, 100*7=700, 100*8=800, 100*9=900, 100*A=A00, 100*B=B00, 100*C=C00, 100*D=D00, 100*E=E00, 100*F=F00, 100*10=1000, etc

And if you are talking about the exponents of 256 in hexa that would be 100^1=100, 100^2=10000 , 100^3=1000000

Easy don't you think. I would be so much easier for programmers who would no longer need to find the multiples of 256 in decimal(aka the fact that it's hard to find the multiples of 256 in your head in decimal is the reason why it would make more sense to count in hexadecimal)

[metro.]

Can you do the multiples of 256 in your head?

In hexadecimal, yes. It's 100*1=100, 100*2=200, 100*3=300, 100*4=400, 100*5=500, 100*6=600, 100*7=700, 100*8=800, 100*9=900, 100*A=A00, 100*B=B00, 100*C=C00, 100*D=D00, 100*E=E00, 100*F=F00, 100*10=1000, etc

And if you are talking about the exponents of 256 in hexa that would be 100^1=100, 100^2=10000 , 100^3=1000000

Easy don't you think. I would be so much easier for programmers who would no longer need to find the multiples of 256 in decimal(aka the fact that it's hard to find the multiples of 256 in your head in decimal is the reason why it would make more sense to count in hexadecimal)

What language are you using that 256 comes up often?

[Burkingam]

What language are you using that 256 comes up often?

Sorry I can't tell if you are asking the question seriously or if you are joking. Every computer languages organize the data in bytes.

[Meomix]

What language are you using that 256 comes up often?

Sorry I can't tell if you are asking the question seriously or if you are joking. Every computer languages organize the data in bytes.

Your professionalism smells of bullshit, 256 = 0 because there is no 256 unless you are calculating in networks / hosts.

[Burkingam]

Your professionalism smells of bullshit, 256 = 0 because there is no 256 unless you are calculating in networks / hosts.

And there is no such thing as 10 because 10 = 0 ... your point?

[froody1911]

Your professionalism smells of bullshit, 256 = 0 because there is no 256 unless you are calculating in networks / hosts.

[Dale08]

[Meomix]

Nope sorry i even went back a few posts to see what i missed and still didn't get it.

[metro.]

What language are you using that 256 comes up often?

Sorry I can't tell if you are asking the question seriously or if you are joking. Every computer languages organize the data in bytes.

If you're talking Network managment/systech then yeah maybe. Or data manipulation but you don't run into that in many programming courses for quite a while.

[Meomix]

What language are you using that 256 comes up often?

Sorry I can't tell if you are asking the question seriously or if you are joking. Every computer languages organize the data in bytes.

If you're talking Network managment/systech then yeah maybe. Or data manipulation but you don't run into that in many programming courses for quite a while.

Ahh your talking about programming calculation, still i thought that java coder made some sense that the counter reverts to zero once you hit 256, i still hate the arrays. Array: 0 1 2 3 4 = 5 / Basic: 1 2 3 4 5 = 5

[Burkingam]

To put it simply, 256 is an important number in computing in the same way that ten is an important number in maths. It's the number of values that a byte can take. And if you want to know the number of values 2 bytes can take you do 256^2=65536(another important number, although not as much), in the same way that to decimal digits can take 100 values or 10^2, not 81.

How is that important? It's fucking important!!! If you use an Integer variable in a software I want to know what's the maximum value it will take. In most languages, the default Type "Integer" uses two bytes for the data so I can't have a number bigger than (256*2 -1) = 65535 but there are some situations where I could want to use less, like if performance is a big issue. It's also super important if I want to create a new file format. Seriously you can't work without this number.

[Jurichan]

S'been a while since I've posted here.
sup?

[Meomix]

Hmm interesting, first can you clear up one thing for me, when people are doing high calculations they always say "To the power of 2" is this a fancy way of saying "Times 2" or what?
And my bad on that one, since in networking you're multiplying by 2 it's supposed to be 255 to 512.

[froody1911]

Hmm interesting, first can you clear up one thing for me, when people are doing high calculations they always say "To the power of 2" is this a fancy way of saying "Times 2" or what?

x to the power 2 = x² = x*x

[Meomix]

Hmm interesting, first can you clear up one thing for me, when people are doing high calculations they always say "To the power of 2" is this a fancy way of saying "Times 2" or what?

x to the power 2 = x² = x*x

Meh so it is a fancy way of saying multiplication, thx.

[kurandoinu]

0o Morning guys

[Kam]

Hmm interesting, first can you clear up one thing for me, when people are doing high calculations they always say "To the power of 2" is this a fancy way of saying "Times 2" or what?

x to the power 2 = x² = x*x

Meh so it is a fancy way of saying multiplication, thx.

Yes it is multiplication but your original question was if "to the power of two" was a fancy way of saying "times 2". It's not. They're two completely different things actually. For example: Eight "times two" (8x2) would equal 16. Whereas eight "to the power of two" (8² or 8x8) would equal 64.

If anything, "to the power of 2" is a fancy way of saying "squared." If you ever see something like 7², for example, that would be called seven squared. - Sorry for the math lesson.

[Meomix]

Hmm interesting, first can you clear up one thing for me, when people are doing high calculations they always say "To the power of 2" is this a fancy way of saying "Times 2" or what?

x to the power 2 = x² = x*x

Meh so it is a fancy way of saying multiplication, thx.

Yes it is multiplication but your original question was if "to the power of two" was a fancy way of saying "times 2". It's not. They're two completely different things actually. For example: Eight "times two" (8x2) would equal 16. Whereas eight "to the power of two" (8² or 8x8) would equal 64.

If anything, "to the power of 2" is a fancy way of saying "squared." If you ever see something like 7², for example, that would be called seven squared. - Sorry for the math lesson.

Oooo it's very clear now, domo.

[kurandoinu]

I feel like I'm back in high school. Lol.

[Kam]

I feel like I'm back in high school. Lol.

LOL. Yeah, sorry about that. Good morning, by the way.