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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1777 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:457 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!ftpbox!mothost!lego.wes.mot.com!mdisea!uw-coco!nwfocus.wa.com!nwfocus1.wa.com!news1.halcyon.com!coho.halcyon.com!redrose From: redrose@coho.halcyon.com (Joan L. Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Question on OS's Date: 3 Jun 1995 20:06:46 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus, Inc. - Professional Internet Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3qqfcm$4ip@news1.halcyon.com> References: <3q01ll$jm2@news2.delphi.com> <3qhhco$ii2@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <3qojrg$jf8@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: coho.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Eric van Bezooijen (ericvb@Sun.COM) wrote: : J Wunsch (j@narcisa.sax.de) wrote: : : [c.o.3.q is rmgroup'ed] : : For a 64-bit CPU, the addressable space is 2^64 = 1 TB. : This is a really dumb point, and it's a waste of bandwidth, but : 2^64 != 1 Tb : 2^32 = 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^2 = 4 Gigabytes : 2^64 = 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^10 * 2^24 = 2^24 Terabytes = 16,777,216 Tb : That's a lot of space! : "No one will ever need more than 16,777,216 Tb of space" : - Bill Gates in 2023 I get into trouble for this all the time boys, but I'm on the alt.fan.bill-gates user group and I saw this post, when I looked at the list of new groups, this one isn't mentioned. What is this about and how did it get into our group? Just curious.... : ) Can someone tell me what this was all about? I'm beginning to think that anything with Mr. Gates' name in it gets posted here and to a number of other groups. Perhaps its a software bug or some conspiracy agaisnt Microsoft? J~ : -- : "I'm a smarty everyday!"- Beanie the Cerebrally-challenged bison, Animaniacs : Eric van Bezooijen | "Faboo!"- Wakko Warner, Animaniacs [Warlord *THIS*] : eric@csua.berkeley.edu | "Oh joy of Joys!"- Stimpson J. Cat, Ren & Stimpy : eric.vanbezooijen@sun.com | "Spoon!"- The Tick [Pixies and Talking Heads rule!]