Dumb question...

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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.

[clueless newbie]

Originally Posted by ay2b

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.

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[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by ay2b

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.

Originally Posted by clueless newbie

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]

Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure

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.