12-bits for Michael

[Justin Goeres]

Am I the first to notice that Michael is the lucky second member of the 12-Bit Post Count Club?

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Apr 23 2008, 09:28 AM)

Am I the first to notice that Michael is the lucky second member of the 12-Bit Post Count Club?

Since you can't have negative posts, I would assume that you have to have 4096 posts to be in that club

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QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Apr 23 2008, 12:58 PM)

Since you can't have negative posts, I would assume that you have to have 4096 posts to be in that club

I agree... In fact, I only wanted to boost my count to bring me closer to the 5-bit count club.

[eaolson]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Apr 23 2008, 11:58 AM)

Since you can't have negative posts, I would assume that you have to have 4096 posts to be in that club

But you might want to reserve the option of returning -1 if Michael timed out before posting.

[Justin Goeres]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Apr 23 2008, 08:58 AM)

Since you can't have negative posts, I would assume that you have to have 4096 posts to be in that club

Nope. 4096 would be the beginning of the 13-Bit Post Count Club by my math.

E.g. 11 bits would hold everything up to b111 1111 1111, i.e. 2¹¹-1 = 2047.

So at Post #2048, Michael crossed over to b1000 0000 0000, or 12 bits. And there he shall toil for 2047 more posts, while crelf races off over the horizon.

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Apr 23 2008, 12:05 PM)

Nope. 4096 would be the beginning of the 13-Bit Post Count Club by my math.

E.g. 11 bits would hold everything up to b111 1111 1111, i.e. 2¹¹-1 = 2047.

So at Post #2048, Michael crossed over to b1000 0000 0000, or 12 bits. And there he shall toil for 2047 more posts, while crelf races off over the horizon.

Well, it's your club, so you can define it however you wish. I just figured that 12-bit club meant you needed to have 2^12 posts to be a member -- just as a million post club would probably mean you'd need a million points to be a member.

[jdunham]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Apr 23 2008, 12:44 PM)

Well, it's your club, so you can define it however you wish. I just figured that 12-bit club meant you needed to have 2^12 posts to be a member -- just as a million post club would probably mean you'd need a million points to be a member.

I think it's more like how a 'six-figure income' is anything over $1E5.

[Justin Goeres]

QUOTE (jdunham @ Apr 23 2008, 12:27 PM)

I think it's more like how a 'six-figure income' is anything over $1E5.

And how the 21st century actually started in 2001. Actually, it's like that in 2 ways.

I do grant that it's a semantic difference. But then again, so is counting in any two different bases .

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Apr 23 2008, 07:45 PM)

And how the 21st century actually started in 2001. Actually, it's like that in 2 ways.

I get it...

It's like how entering the 5th dimension requires evolving beyond 4-d space-time and creating god.