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Cow Bell Solo 22-03-2009 02:59
Re: Dumb question...
 
I calculated the weight of our code which ended up being 2.4164*10 ^ -18 pound according to the above article. And yes I had to do it.

McGurky 22-03-2009 10:53
Re: Dumb question...
 
What they should take into account is the weight of all of the storage devices for all of that data!!! Hard drives and such!!!! we might come up with a tiny bit of a bigger number!!!!:rolleyes:

clueless newbie 22-03-2009 18:18
Re: Dumb question...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ay2b (Post 838334)
Ah, but which actually weighs more, a 1 or a 0? If you go with historical precedence (i.e. back to the punchcard days), I believe a "0" was unpunched and a "1" was punched, which means that a 0 weighs more than a 1.
Both were punched. 12(very top), 11, 0 .. 9 (very bottom). If 0 wasn't punched you couldn't distinguish between a composite that used 0 and one that did not.

Believe me --- on this I'm not

clueless

Koko Ed 22-03-2009 18:27
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Check it out. I've hit virtual wonderland.
A very happy unbirthday to you all.
I'm going to open some bills now and get back in touch with reality now....

Nate Laverdure 22-03-2009 19:40
Re: Dumb question...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ay2b (Post 838334)
Ah, but which actually weighs more, a 1 or a 0? If you go with historical precedence (i.e. back to the punchcard days), I believe a "0" was unpunched and a "1" was punched, which means that a 0 weighs more than a 1.
Quote:
Originally Posted by clueless newbie (Post 839336)
Both were punched. 12(very top), 11, 0 .. 9 (very bottom). If 0 wasn't punched you couldn't distinguish between a composite that used 0 and one that did not.
The lightest possible dataset being the lace card:

clueless newbie 22-03-2009 19:51
Re: Dumb question...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure (Post 839389)
The lightest possible dataset being the lace card:
True, but there's no valid data on a laced card. If the read station was mechanical (rather than optical) chances are that laced card would jam the reader.


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