On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jason <networkadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > aha, microsoft math 2 + 2 = 3.9999999999999999999999999999999999999 -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
