anti-gravity-gas

[Scooter]

Make sure your code has as many 0's as possible...Everybody knows that 0's are lighter than 1's

-Scooter

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Scooter

Make sure your code has as many 0's as possible...Everybody knows that 0's are lighter than 1's

No, no, no! The weight of binary values goes against intuition here. Since the beginning of computer storage, 1's have been represented by holes in paper tape or punched cards, making them lighter than 0's. This has carried through to electronic memory, where a logical 1 is customarily represented by a higher positive voltage, meaning fewer electrons.