- Jul 29, 2001
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Well I used to enjoy visiting the highly technical forums here at AT until recently. There seem to more and more basic science/math and secrets of life type threads which are easily anwered with a Google search or your local psychic.
Here are some examples:
What will be the closest thing to an endless energy source? (should have learned in a intro physics class if you did not believe this then psychic)
I gotta know this:Is De-Ionized Water Electrically conductive,or not? (ditto chem 101)
Does zero equal/represent nothing?? (google, zero defined)
All easily found with a google search or college level text book. Or if unknown please post in offtopic or GH there are more hits there anyway. It just does'nt belong in Highly Technical.
Here is and example which is highly technical by Dr. fuji
"When we refer to data types in programming, we say (for example) that a variable is an '8-bit variable' meaning that it can hold values up to an
8-bit range in binary. (-2^7 to (2^7) -1) or 255. But everywhere you keep hearing about bits in reference to other things. Obviously data bus width
is expressed in bits/bytes to denote "highway size" of the data bus and how fast you can theoretically transfer data. But other things are more
confusing. What exactly is a "32-bit" operating system? What is "32-bit" about that OS? And similarly, console gaming machines are said to be
"32-bit" or "64-bit", etc. Or like the original Nintendo, "8-bit" what exactly does this mean? How is "bit" used in these references?
""
Can we please put a locked thread (!) like "Please read the Highly Technical FAQ" before posting anything.??
Here are some examples:
What will be the closest thing to an endless energy source? (should have learned in a intro physics class if you did not believe this then psychic)
I gotta know this:Is De-Ionized Water Electrically conductive,or not? (ditto chem 101)
Does zero equal/represent nothing?? (google, zero defined)
All easily found with a google search or college level text book. Or if unknown please post in offtopic or GH there are more hits there anyway. It just does'nt belong in Highly Technical.
Here is and example which is highly technical by Dr. fuji
"When we refer to data types in programming, we say (for example) that a variable is an '8-bit variable' meaning that it can hold values up to an
8-bit range in binary. (-2^7 to (2^7) -1) or 255. But everywhere you keep hearing about bits in reference to other things. Obviously data bus width
is expressed in bits/bytes to denote "highway size" of the data bus and how fast you can theoretically transfer data. But other things are more
confusing. What exactly is a "32-bit" operating system? What is "32-bit" about that OS? And similarly, console gaming machines are said to be
"32-bit" or "64-bit", etc. Or like the original Nintendo, "8-bit" what exactly does this mean? How is "bit" used in these references?
""
Can we please put a locked thread (!) like "Please read the Highly Technical FAQ" before posting anything.??
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