[TriLUG] EVEN MORE OT: Certifications - Education

[Shane O'Donnell]

So the updated cheer would go something like:

Two bits, Four bits, Six bits, a byte?

Shane O.

On 8/30/05, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/30/05, Mike Norwood <norwoodm at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I think 2 bits is a quarter, so 10 bits should be $1.25, right?
> >
> > Mike
> 
> 
> Yep, doesn't that old cheer go:
> 
> Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar...
> 
> A nice arithmetic progression that, this might be the source of one or more
> questions for SOME certification test. <G>
> 
> For more info on these kind of bits see:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_(money)
> 
> Of course the kind of bits we usually work with are worth considerably less
> than 1/8 of a buck, depending on whether they are realized in RAM, flash,
> rotating magnetic media, optical media, etc. etc. etc.
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