At 16:57 03/09/2008, you wrote:
Robert Cummings wrote:
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 16:32 +0200, Aschwin Wesselius wrote:
I don't get it that people still think 64-bit is twice the 'size'
of 32-bit. It's like saying 2 square meters is 2 times a square
meter, while actually it is 4 times a square meter.
Actually... 2 square meters is exactly twice 1 square meter. I think you
had another analogy in mind, but then I'd would get you on switching
dimensions.
I think he was meaning that a square with a side length of 1m is not
half the size of a square of side length 2m.... It's a quarter of the size...
Ah, the old "2 metres square" != "two square metres" trick :)
Jason
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